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26th March 2007, 07:29 PM
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26th March 2007, 07:30 PM
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Reps: 251 (power: 0) | | | I suppose I wouldn't be too surprised to find out that MLK Jr did not believe in virgin birth, or had at least entertained the idea. I was floored to discover that my grandfather held this belief. | 
26th March 2007, 07:32 PM
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26th March 2007, 07:33 PM
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26th March 2007, 07:36 PM
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Reps: 251 (power: 0) | | | When I vistited him in small-town central MO the one thing I remember as a kid was that, during one service on Sunday, the doors were open to the early Summer breeze. In walked a dog off the street, up the aisle past the whole congregation and up onto the podium, where it layed down next to my Grandfather. | 
26th March 2007, 07:38 PM
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Reps: 251 (power: 0) | | | He was in the middle of a sermon. He paused and then said, "doesn't it say in the scripture, preach the gospel unto every living creature?"
That really impressed me. I was maybe 8 years old. | 
26th March 2007, 07:41 PM
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26th March 2007, 07:41 PM
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26th March 2007, 07:43 PM
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One by one, pastors came and went. | 
26th March 2007, 07:48 PM
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Reps: 251 (power: 0) | | | Many years passed. Finally, pastor Mary arrived. Even after more than 38 years I think, my grandfather is still spoken of. Why did they like this man so much? I came to find that pastor Mary, when she arrived, tried to learn all she could about this man. |  | | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode | | | |