I WONDER?
The things I say and do today
In memory's book, I'll keep,
And when I'm old and read them-
Will I laugh or will I weep?
- Author Unknown
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Thought for today - 03/31/2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Thought for today - 03/30/2013
"The publicity surrounding religious activities is usually in inverse ratio to their intrinsic importance."
- Aelred Graham
Friday, March 29, 2013
Thought for today - 03/29/2013
"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul."
- Psalm 23:1-3
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Thought for today - 03/28/2013
"It is always springtime in the heart that loves God."
- Jean Vianney
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Thought for today - 03/27/2013
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
- Romans 15:13
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
No God - No Bible - No Marriage
No God - No Bible - No Marriage
One Nation Outside Of God
One Nation Outside Of God
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I came very close to sub-titling this article, "One Nation Above God," because that's how so many people think today. Talk about getting too big for one's britches. America is like a naughty teenager thinking she does not need a father, but then she blames him when things go wrong. Nonetheless, let's continue.
While watching a round-table style news debate on homosexual marriage, I heard a defender of it claim that heterosexuals are simply by accident able to procreate. If there is no God and everything happened by accident, then heterosexuals are only able to have children because of some cosmic accident, rendering such reasoning for marriage nullified. And somehow that then allows for homosexuals to marry. Her reasoning is that if there is no good physical reason for any couples to marry, then there is no good physical reason for any couples not to marry. She then goes with the "love" theory. --It would be nice if someone would ask her how we describe love, without getting into beliefs.
I would use the reasoning of the gender body parts, as clearly not all heterosexual couples can have children. And actually biblically marriage is about a man and a woman coming together and being one flesh. Of course biblical reasoning would not be acceptable to humanists.
I would not mention the bible in a court hearing on this topic. I would instead speak of logic, intelligence, and a civil society; one that is ran in an orderly manner. I would arm myself with medical facts of how the male and female gender parts are formed in a way that they are meant to come together and that that is what consummates and makes a marriage, something that two people of the same gender cannot do. And for those who want to believe that everything is a cosmic accident, I would point out that no matter what a person wants to believe as to how the male and female bodies came to be this way, the fact is that they are this way. Heterosexual couples can consummate a marriage, homosexual couples cannot. I would also point out some state laws that allow for an annulment of marriage, if one spouse cannot consummate the marriage. Click Here
It is a sad thing that America ever got to this point, where people are sworn in on a bible in a court of law, but not allowed to mention anything that is in it when the issue is that of our laws. Our founding fathers never meant for lawmakers to ignore what God says. That is just foolishness. But if that is what people want to claim, then let's talk about logic, intelligence, and a civil society. Let's be wise as a serpent (Matthew 10:16).
Debra J.M. Smith 03-25-13
www.InformingChristians.com
SOURCE: http://www.debrajmsmith.com/032513.html
While watching a round-table style news debate on homosexual marriage, I heard a defender of it claim that heterosexuals are simply by accident able to procreate. If there is no God and everything happened by accident, then heterosexuals are only able to have children because of some cosmic accident, rendering such reasoning for marriage nullified. And somehow that then allows for homosexuals to marry. Her reasoning is that if there is no good physical reason for any couples to marry, then there is no good physical reason for any couples not to marry. She then goes with the "love" theory. --It would be nice if someone would ask her how we describe love, without getting into beliefs.
I would use the reasoning of the gender body parts, as clearly not all heterosexual couples can have children. And actually biblically marriage is about a man and a woman coming together and being one flesh. Of course biblical reasoning would not be acceptable to humanists.
I would not mention the bible in a court hearing on this topic. I would instead speak of logic, intelligence, and a civil society; one that is ran in an orderly manner. I would arm myself with medical facts of how the male and female gender parts are formed in a way that they are meant to come together and that that is what consummates and makes a marriage, something that two people of the same gender cannot do. And for those who want to believe that everything is a cosmic accident, I would point out that no matter what a person wants to believe as to how the male and female bodies came to be this way, the fact is that they are this way. Heterosexual couples can consummate a marriage, homosexual couples cannot. I would also point out some state laws that allow for an annulment of marriage, if one spouse cannot consummate the marriage. Click Here
It is a sad thing that America ever got to this point, where people are sworn in on a bible in a court of law, but not allowed to mention anything that is in it when the issue is that of our laws. Our founding fathers never meant for lawmakers to ignore what God says. That is just foolishness. But if that is what people want to claim, then let's talk about logic, intelligence, and a civil society. Let's be wise as a serpent (Matthew 10:16).
Debra J.M. Smith 03-25-13
www.InformingChristians.com
SOURCE: http://www.debrajmsmith.com/032513.html
Thought for today - 03/25/2013
ON PRAYER
"Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change; and when we are right, make us easy to live with."
- Peter Marshall (1902-1949)
"Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change; and when we are right, make us easy to live with."
- Peter Marshall (1902-1949)
CONNECTIONS News - 03/24/2013
CONNECTIONS News
For week of March 24, 2013
Issue 452
IN THIS ISSUE:
For week of March 24, 2013
Issue 452
IN THIS ISSUE:
- HOLY WEEK
- WHAT’S YOUR SUBTITLE?
- JESUS GIVES US AN IDENTITY, NOT JUST A TASK
- THE HOPE OF HEAVEN
- BILLY GRAHAM CENTER TO DISPLAY JESUS SCULPTURE COVERED IN DIRT
- TIM KELLER ON HOW TO TREAT HOMOSEXUALS
- EVERYTHING CHANGES EXCEPT GOD
- BEN CARSON, ERIC METAXAS WARN OF LOSS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AT CPAC
- FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY
- MUCH MORE . . .
What's the big deal about Sunday sermons?
What's the big deal about Sunday sermons?
Why do we have them?
Are they necessary for your salvation?
What would happen if there was no sermon at your "church" next Sunday?
Would you feel you did not meet your spiritual obligation by not hearing a sermon?
Do you REALLY remember them after you leave the building?
Listen to last Friday night’s (03/22/2013) Path Of Life fellowship gathering online broadcast on Blogtalk radio here: "SERMONS - WHY?"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/23/sermons--why
Why do we have them?
Are they necessary for your salvation?
What would happen if there was no sermon at your "church" next Sunday?
Would you feel you did not meet your spiritual obligation by not hearing a sermon?
Do you REALLY remember them after you leave the building?
Listen to last Friday night’s (03/22/2013) Path Of Life fellowship gathering online broadcast on Blogtalk radio here: "SERMONS - WHY?"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/23/sermons--why
Thought for today - 03/24/2013
"Fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him lack nothing. The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing."
~Psalm 34:9-10~
~Psalm 34:9-10~
TONIGHT!!!
TONIGHT 10:00 pm CST
Listen to "SERMONS - WHY?"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/
Listen to "SERMONS - WHY?"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/
Thought for today - 03/22/2013
"The Christian is a man who can be certain about the ultimate even when he is most uncertain about the immediate."
~D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones~
~D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones~
SERMONS - WHY?
Listen to "SERMONS - WHY?", Friday 3/22/2013 @ 10:00PM CST
We will addresses problems and limitations that are inherent to the traditional concept people have of sermons.
I am not against sound, biblical and doctrinal teaching within the assembly of believers. The New Testament is very clear on the need for instruction from elders and gifted teachers.
Bible teaching and study has gone the way of the "professional."
There is a reason. We'll sort most of it out here.
I encourage any who listen to this, search the Scriptures and through prayer and study, arrive at your own conclusions.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/23/sermons--why
We will addresses problems and limitations that are inherent to the traditional concept people have of sermons.
I am not against sound, biblical and doctrinal teaching within the assembly of believers. The New Testament is very clear on the need for instruction from elders and gifted teachers.
Bible teaching and study has gone the way of the "professional."
There is a reason. We'll sort most of it out here.
I encourage any who listen to this, search the Scriptures and through prayer and study, arrive at your own conclusions.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/23/sermons--why
FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY - 03/15/2013
FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY - 03/15/2013
Listen to last Friday night’s (03/15/2013) Path Of Life fellowship gathering online broadcast on Blogtalk radio here: "LEGALISM AND CONTROL"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/16/legalism-and-control
Frank Coleman
Path Of Life Ministries
Listen to last Friday night’s (03/15/2013) Path Of Life fellowship gathering online broadcast on Blogtalk radio here: "LEGALISM AND CONTROL"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/16/legalism-and-control
Frank Coleman
Path Of Life Ministries
Thought for today - 03/21/2013
"Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."
~1 John 3:18 ~
~1 John 3:18 ~
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Thought for today - 03/20/2013
"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."
~Albert Einstein~
~Albert Einstein~
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Thought for today - 03/19/2013
"Whatever keeps me from my Bible is my enemy, however harmless it may appear to me."
~A. W. Tozer~
Monday, March 18, 2013
Thought for today - 03/18/2013
"God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline."
- 2 Timothy 1:7
Saturday, March 16, 2013
FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY - 03/15/2013
FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY - 03/15/2013
Listen to last Friday night’s (03/15/2013) Path Of Life fellowship gathering online broadcast on Blogtalk radio here: "LEGALISM AND CONTROL"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/16/legalism-and-control
Listen to last Friday night’s (03/15/2013) Path Of Life fellowship gathering online broadcast on Blogtalk radio here: "LEGALISM AND CONTROL"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/16/legalism-and-control
Thought for today - 03/16/2013
MARINE'S PRAYER
Almighty Father, whose command is over all and whose love never fails, make me aware of Thy presence and obedient to Thy will. Keep me true to my best self, guarding me against dishonesty in purpose and deed and helping me to live so that I can face my fellow Marines, my loved ones, and Thee without shame or fear. Protect my family.
Give me the will to do the work of a Marine and to accept my share of responsibilities with vigor and enthusiasm. Grant me the courage to be proficient in my daily performance. Keep me loyal and faithful to my superiors and to the duties my Country and the Marine Corps have entrusted to me. Help me to wear my uniform with dignity, and let it remind me daily of the traditions which I must uphold.
If I am inclined to doubt, steady my faith; if I am tempted, make me strong to resist; if I should miss the mark, give me courage to try again.
Guide me with the light of truth and grant me wisdom by which I may understand the answer to my prayer. Amen.
Friday, March 15, 2013
LEGALISM AND CONTROL
LEGALISM will destroy your love for God, and your peace with God!
CONTROL manifests itself by hiding under the disguise of: Obedience to spiritual leadership or ELSE!
Having to "earn" one's way to be "right" with God the Father to get to heaven and stay there is considered spiritual bondage by Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ chose to make the way to heaven FREE OF CHARGE -- being made right with God the Father . . . by "TRUSTING" rather than having to work for it (which God the Father decreed was impossible with man anyway). (See: Romans 5:15-16; Ephesians 2:8).
You ready for THIS ride?
Listen to "LEGALISM AND CONTROL", TONIGHT 3/15/2013 @ 10:00PM CST
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/16/legalism-and-control
CONTROL manifests itself by hiding under the disguise of: Obedience to spiritual leadership or ELSE!
Having to "earn" one's way to be "right" with God the Father to get to heaven and stay there is considered spiritual bondage by Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ chose to make the way to heaven FREE OF CHARGE -- being made right with God the Father . . . by "TRUSTING" rather than having to work for it (which God the Father decreed was impossible with man anyway). (See: Romans 5:15-16; Ephesians 2:8).
You ready for THIS ride?
Listen to "LEGALISM AND CONTROL", TONIGHT 3/15/2013 @ 10:00PM CST
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/16/legalism-and-control
Thought for today - 03/15/2013
"Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
- Psalm 73:25-26
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Thought for today - 03/14/2013
"It is impossible that God should ever be the end, if He is not the beginning."
- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pensées [1660]
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
"RELIGION OR CHRIST" - FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY - 03/08/2013
FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY - 03/08/2013
Listen to last Friday night's (03/08/2013) Path Of Life fellowship
gathering online broadcast on Blogtalk radio here: "RELIGION OR CHRIST"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/09/religion-or-christ
Listen to last Friday night's (03/08/2013) Path Of Life fellowship
gathering online broadcast on Blogtalk radio here: "RELIGION OR CHRIST"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/09/religion-or-christ
Thought for today - 03/13/2013
CONSIDER
"God the Father is the giver of Holy Scripture; God the Son is the theme of Holy Scripture; and God the Spirit is the author, authenticator, and interpreter of Holy Scripture."
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Thought for today - 03/12/2013
"He knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside."
- Job 23:10-11
Monday, March 11, 2013
Thought for today - 03/11/2013
GOD'S LOVE
"Right from the beginning God's love has reached, and from the beginning man has refused to understand. But love went on reaching, offering itself. Love offered the eternal…we wanted the immediate. Love offered deep joy…we wanted thrills. Love offered freedom…we wanted license. Love offered communion with God Himself…we wanted to worship at the shrine of our own minds. Love offered peace…we wanted approval for our wars. Even yet, love went on reaching. And still today, after two thousand years, patiently, lovingly, Christ is reaching out to us today. Right through the chaos of our world, through the confusion of our minds. He is reaching…longing to share with us…the very being of God. His love still is longing, His love still is reaching, right past the shackles of my mind. And the Word of the Father became Mary's little Son. And His love reached all the way to where I was."
- Gloria Gaither
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Thought for today - 03/10/2013
"A man who is well-grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the church."
- St. Jerome (340?-420)
Thought for today - 03/09/2013
"Have not I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."
- Joshua 1:9
Saturday, March 09, 2013
CONNECTIONS News – 03/10/2013
CONNECTIONS News – 03/10/2013
Connecting man to man to God
For week of March 10, 2013
Issue 450
IN THIS ISSUE:
- YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT MICHAEL JORDAN DOESN'T
- WHY I DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD ANYMORE
- THE REAL DEFINITION OF A GOSPEL-CENTERED LEADER
- DOCTOR WHO 'CURED' BABY WITH AIDS GUIDED BY PRAYER, FAITH
- WHY CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS SHOULD OPPOSE TEACHING - - THE BIBLE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- HOW TO DEAL WITH DISAGREEABLE ASPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY
- CHRISTIANS ARE NOW WORLD'S MOST PERSECUTED RELIGION
- STUDY: RELIGIOUS PARENTS' DIVORCE MAY CAUSE CHILDREN TO LEAVE THE CHURCH
- FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY
- MUCH MORE . . .
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV)
CONSIDER
"How often do we attempt work for God to the limit of our incompetency, rather than the limit of God's omnipotence?"
- J. Hudson Taylor
Read More: http://connectionsnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/connections-news-03102013/
Connecting man to man to God
For week of March 10, 2013
Issue 450
IN THIS ISSUE:
- YOU MAY HAVE SOMETHING THAT MICHAEL JORDAN DOESN'T
- WHY I DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD ANYMORE
- THE REAL DEFINITION OF A GOSPEL-CENTERED LEADER
- DOCTOR WHO 'CURED' BABY WITH AIDS GUIDED BY PRAYER, FAITH
- WHY CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS SHOULD OPPOSE TEACHING - - THE BIBLE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- HOW TO DEAL WITH DISAGREEABLE ASPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY
- CHRISTIANS ARE NOW WORLD'S MOST PERSECUTED RELIGION
- STUDY: RELIGIOUS PARENTS' DIVORCE MAY CAUSE CHILDREN TO LEAVE THE CHURCH
- FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY
- MUCH MORE . . .
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
- Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV)
CONSIDER
"How often do we attempt work for God to the limit of our incompetency, rather than the limit of God's omnipotence?"
- J. Hudson Taylor
Read More: http://
FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY - 03/08/2013
FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY - 03/08/2013
Listen to last Friday night's (03/08/2013) Path Of Life fellowship gathering online broadcast on Blogtalk radio here:
"RELIGION OR CHRIST" http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/09/religion-or-christ
"RELIGION OR CHRIST" http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thepath/2013/03/09/religion-or-christ
Friday, March 08, 2013
Thursday, March 07, 2013
Thought for today - 03/07/2013
"Prayer spells all the difference between working for God in our own strength and wisdom or being fellow laborers together with Him in the work that He is seeking to do."
- C. Stacey Woods
- C. Stacey Woods
Monday, March 04, 2013
CONNECTIONS News - For week of March 3, 2013
CONNECTIONS News - For week of March 3, 2013
IN THIS ISSUE:
* INTERVARSITY TO FILE BRIEF ON ATTEMPTS TO RESTRICT RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES
AT UNIVERSITIES
* EVANGELISM AND THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TOWARD GOD
* FOR AGING RELIGIOUS LEADERS, IS IT STILL 'TILL DEATH US DO PART'?
* NORTH KOREA'S 'HATRED OF CHRISTIANS' PUTS 70,000 BELIEVERS IN PRISON
* CHRISTIANS SHOULD RECOVER BIBLICAL GRACE, SHANE CLAIBORNE SAYS
* WHY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD TEACH THE BIBLE
* DAVID PLATT: CASUAL, CULTURAL CHRISTIANITY IS LEADING PEOPLE TO HELL
* FIREHOUSE ACCOUNTABILITY: THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO LOOK OUT FOR
EACH OTHER
* FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY
* MUCH MORE . . .
Read YOUR issue here:
http://connectionsnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/connections-news-03032013/
IN THIS ISSUE:
* INTERVARSITY TO FILE BRIEF ON ATTEMPTS TO RESTRICT RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES
AT UNIVERSITIES
* EVANGELISM AND THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TOWARD GOD
* FOR AGING RELIGIOUS LEADERS, IS IT STILL 'TILL DEATH US DO PART'?
* NORTH KOREA'S 'HATRED OF CHRISTIANS' PUTS 70,000 BELIEVERS IN PRISON
* CHRISTIANS SHOULD RECOVER BIBLICAL GRACE, SHANE CLAIBORNE SAYS
* WHY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD TEACH THE BIBLE
* DAVID PLATT: CASUAL, CULTURAL CHRISTIANITY IS LEADING PEOPLE TO HELL
* FIREHOUSE ACCOUNTABILITY: THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY TO LOOK OUT FOR
EACH OTHER
* FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY
* MUCH MORE . . .
Read YOUR issue here:
http://connectionsnews.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/connections-news-03032013/
Thought for today - 03/04/2013
"Learn to pause, or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you."
- Doug King
- Doug King
Sunday, March 03, 2013
Thought for today - 03/03/2013
"It's tough in the desert. It's bewildering. It's destructive. It's hellish. Yet the testimony of the Old Testament, and ever more strongly, of the New, is that out of it comes new growth, new insight, new certainty that a God of love is at home among us."
- Charles Elliott
- Charles Elliott
Saturday, March 02, 2013
FRIDAY NIGHT ARCHIVE REPLAY - 03/01/2013
Listen to last Friday night's (03/01/2013) Path Of Life fellowship
gathering online broadcast on Blogtalk radio here: "FALSE PROPHETIC VOICES"
http://tobtr.com/s/4396251 #BlogTalkRadio
gathering online broadcast on Blogtalk radio here: "FALSE PROPHETIC VOICES"
http://tobtr.com/s/4396251 #BlogTalkRadio
Thought for today - 03/02/2013
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance."
- James 1:2-3
- James 1:2-3
Friday, March 01, 2013
TONIGHT!!! "FALSE PROPHETIC VOICES"
Listen to "FALSE PROPHETIC VOICES", TONIGHT 3/1/2013 @ 10:00PM CST
Thought for today - 03/01/2013
"Ninety-nine Christians in every hundred are merely playing at Bible study; and therefore ninety-nine Christians in every hundred are merely weaklings when they might be giants."
- R. A. Torrey
- R. A. Torrey
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