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Mike Hopkins spoke on the last day of the National Eucharistic Congress.
Mike Hopkins addresses the National Eucharistic Congress July 21. (photo: EWTN)

Catholic astronaut Mike Hopkins spoke on the last day of the National Eucharistic Congress. The theme for Day 5 was “To the Ends of the Earth.” And, as Hopkins said, Jesus is with us even beyond the confines of Earth.

Listen to the full speech below. Also read this past interview Hopkins gave to the Register:

What Is It Like to Receive the Eucharist in Space?| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com)

Thought I'd try posting some poetry I made on a whim. Haven't done much of it before and I'm sure this is a bit on the nose, but I wouldn't mind some feedback.

Thank you for reading.

Lust

Lust is like venom

It squeezes tight like denim

It’s sneaky and invasive

And it’s skilled at being persuasive

Like the snake, it promises something beyond measure

But it ultimately denies you of the true treasure

It offers something fake, something counterfeit

You won’t know the difference though, once you’re in the thick of it

That dopamine, that feeling, that ecstasy

It pulls you right into a fantasy

In there you’re somebody special, you’re king or queen

The difference being that the other person isn’t real or seen

As you get higher and higher

You’re sinking deeper and deeper into the mire

By the time it’s over, you’ll know you’ve been cheated

But you have no one to blame but yourself. You feel defeated

Loneliness comes back. It sucks you dry

After a while, it makes you wanna cry,

“Nobody loves me! No one at all!”

“I’m disgusting, unwanted, and no one hears my call!”

But there is one who has heard. And He’s always been with you.

Through repentance, He makes you clean and brand new

The scars remain, and you wonder if your loneliness will end

But fear not beloved, for that is why He had been sent

So there’s no need to despair, no need to mope

For He offers a future and a hope …

Peace in Christ.

We are dead in our sins and the uncircumcision of our flesh when we go and submit ourselves to a dead “church” body where they keep and serve their handwritings of ordinances/dogmas. They are using their handwritings to judge....judging other supposedly in the authority of God.

We even sin against our own mortal flesh for doing so as we are being mortally destroyed along with them (being one flesh with those who are preaching their handwritings of ordinances for money’s sake). We are unclean when we are attached to their dead church body/congregation. 1 Corinthians 6:15-20 . It is called "fornication" by going to their "church"....being attached to them.

Col 2:13-20 KJV
(13) And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

But He forgives us for such things….nailing it to His cross.

He comes to give us an understanding so that we may depart from those who keep and serve their handwritings of ordinances/dogmas.

Their handwritings are “contrary” to us. They are opposed to us. They are an adversary to us. “Satan” also means “opposer, adversary”….and they are his device (along with the supportive preaching of false prophets) to get people to serve the sin: judging others for God supposedly using those handwritings as an authority for doing so.

(14) Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

But our Savior takes them out of the way so that we may life….like the heavy stone being removed from the tomb. We go free.

He spoils their “principalities and powers” which are contained in their written precepts that many submit to. He makes a show of them openly as they do not have power over us any longer. We are to follow Him out of their “churches”…the dead bodies that are being led astray by fleshly-minded men who do not know what they are doing.

(15) And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

Let no man judge you by his commandments contained in his handwritings of ordinances of which he trespassed into the Scriptures to get by his own understanding and put into his own handwriting. He thinks in his own fleshly mind that he is serving God by doing so.

(16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

Those are the shadow of things to come. The true body is connected to the Head…Christ.

(17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Their dead body of church goers though submit to a vainly puffed up fleshly mind of man who will beguile you of your reward (an age-lasting life…aka “eternal life”) by the worshipping of the works of the church scribes whose minds were never connected to the Head. They are the work of Satan’s ministers…his “angels”…his messengers: the church scribes. They are his “principalities and powers” used to destroy the mortal bodies of those who go and submit to them.

(18) Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Their church body is not holding the Head. It is a dead body…and we are not to be attached to one. We are unclean by doing so and we defile our own mortal body as it is being destroyed along with them by being joined together with them (making us "one flesh" with them).

(19) And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,

We must hear and depart from them. Their handwritings are “idols”…that is, images. What agreement has the temple of God (our mortal body is the temple of His Spirit) with images...with their handwritings of ordinances?

2Co 6:16-18
(16) And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

We are commanded to come out from among them and be separate and attach not our selves to the unclean….the dead church body of those who keep and serve their handwritings.

(17) Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not (attach not to) the unclean; and I will receive you,
(18) And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

This is the teaching of the separation…the “water of separation”. We must come out from among the dead bodies of their churches and be separate from them. This is our purification…our sanctification: to depart from them and be separate and not be attached to them in any way. We must purify ourselves.

Num 19:13 KJV
(13) Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

Flee "fornication"...that is, flee from being attached to them. When we are attached to them, we are sinning against our own mortal body as it is being destroyed along with them. Our mortal bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit which is in us. Our mortal bodies are bought with a price. We must glorify God in our mortal bodies by coming out from among them and be separate.

1Co 6:18-20 KJV
(18) Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
(19) What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
(20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

This is our sanctification...to abstain from "fornication"...not being attached to their churches where they are keeping and worshipping their handwritings of ordinances.

1Th 4:3 KJV
(3) For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Bob Crowley said:

I believe Purgatory exists. End of story.

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Are you willing to back up what you say with your cash?

Christsfreeservant said:

Thank you. Glory to God. Thank you for sharing the Scripture.

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You are welcome. Glory to God in the Highest. I love the Proverbs.

My favorite Proverb is this one below.

Proverbs 31:8-9 (NIV): "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."

I want a president who is buddy buddy this fierce regime so we are safer

Vanellus said:

Yes Labour used Obama's "Change" as their campaign motto but the voters had their own more memorable motto: "kick the Tories out".

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Yes. And did a good job.

God has the last Word:

John 17 NIV

"Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

"I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me."

"I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep[d] through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth."

"I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."

“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

God bless us all!

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What was the gospel that Paul preached? He preached Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, who is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. That Jesus Christ, who is God, and who is our creator God, left his throne in heaven, came to earth, lived on the earth, and eventually died on a cross to deliver us out of our slavery to sin so that we, by faith in him, might die with him to sin and now walk in freedom from bondage to sin in walks of obedience to our Lord and to his commands.

But he also preached that we must no longer walk in sin, making sin our practice, for if sin is what we obey, it leads to death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it leads to righteousness and to sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God. For if sin is what we practice, and not righteousness, and not walks of obedience to our Lord, we will NOT inherit eternal life with God, regardless of what our lips have professed. He said that over and over again. The message could not be more clear. No “wiggle room” allowed!

He spoke all the time on the subjects of holiness and righteousness and godly living. And the grace of God which he taught was that God’s grace, which is bringing us salvation, is training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives while we await our Lord’s return. For Jesus Christ “gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works” (Titus 2:11-14; cf. Ephesians 2:10).

[Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14,24; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Php 2:5-11: Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-17; Tit 2:11-14; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 9:28; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2]

So, as we read this passage of Scripture, we need to read it in that light. For Paul was committed to Jesus Christ and to preaching the truth of the gospel of Christ. That was his life. That is what he lived for, to please God, to serve him, to obey him, and to preach the truth of the gospel so that many people would find true hope and true healing for their sins and eternal life with God via God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in the Lord. For by faith we die with Christ to sin and we now walk in obedience to his commands, in his power.

So, when he said here that he made himself a servant to all people that he might win more of them, in no way was he saying that he made any moral or spiritual or biblical compromises in order to win people over. So he did not serve anyone in the sense of doing what is opposed to God and to his word or that would require him backing down in any way from doing the will of God for his life. He did not let any person be his God. God was still his only God, and he followed the leading of the Lord in what he did.

So, whatever he did, he did not back away from serving the Lord in any way. He did not compromise truth or righteousness or the gospel or his commitment to the Lord and to the truth of the gospel in any way. But he found ways to relate to the people where they were in order to better communicate with them so that they would listen to him. But, again, this did not involve cutting short the message of the gospel to make it more acceptable to human flesh as so many are doing today.

So, let me give an example from my own life and ministry which I believe can fit here. The Lord called me 20 years ago to write down what he teaches me from his word each day and to post these writings on the internet. But as means of communication changed on the internet, the Lord began to add on to my ministry new ways of communicating. I still write out what he teaches me from his word each day, and I still post these on the internet, but even though some of them may be long to some people, they are half to a third or to a fourth of the length of some of my earlier writings.

So the writings became shorter, and some are longer or shorter than others. And then he added on writing and recording songs, which was all new to me, and then he added on writing poetry, and then he had me recording video talk devotions, and then Christian memes. So these are all different ways of communicating which may reach a wider audience than when I was just writing out my times of devotion with the Lord each day. So no compromise of truth or righteousness, just different ways of communicating with people.

Should I Not Preach Jesus

An Original Work / July 4, 2013
Based off 1 Corinthians 9:16-10:13

Woe to me should I not preach Jesus.
I’m compelled to preach the full gospel.
I make myself a slave to ev’ryone
To win their hearts to Christ.
All this I do for my Lord Jesus,
And for the sake of His Name;
Do it for the sake of His gospel,
So that I, its blessings gain.

Scripture notates the sins of others;
Written down for us as examples
To keep us from setting our hearts
On evil as did those of old.
Do not worship other gods of man;
Do not give your hearts to them;
Not partake in immorality.
Do not test your Lord and King.

So, be careful if you think you are
Standing firm in your faith in Jesus.
God has given his word to warn us,
So through faith we will not fall.
No temptation has o’ertaken you
Except what is commonplace.
God is faithful to not let you be
Tempted past what you can bear.
He gives the way of escape.

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Looking through the looking glass,
Everything is backwards.
Hate is love and love is hate,
And truth not really matters.

Live in dreamland all you want,
The real world, what is that?
Fantasy, oh fantasy,
Fiction now indeed is fact.

Logic, reason, what are those?
Needed not, I suppose.
Make it up and go along,
Play a tune and sing a song.

Who needs truth when lies abound?
Genuine is not found.
Tell a story, do a trick,
Now with others you will click.

World you live in not okay?
So, make it what you want.
Alternate good and evil,
Play with sin, play with devil.

Rhymes and rhythms? What’s up?
Rules and rules, had enough?
Want your freedom? So why wait?
Follow flesh and follow fate.

An Original Work / July 5, 2022

Galatians 5:19-21 ESV: “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

When you read through the Scriptures, have you ever noticed how often this subject is talked about? Have you ever noticed how sexual immorality, impurity, and sensuality are at the top of most of the lists of sins? In the New Testament alone, immorality is mentioned 32 times, sexual immorality 31 times, impurity 9 times, and sensuality 8 times (at least in the ESV version). And sexual immorality is mentioned 7 times in the book of 1 Corinthians and 9 times in the book of Revelation.

Now, I know this is not a subject most people want to hear about or talk about, but it is probably the number one sin infecting and impacting the church, marriages, families, and other relationships today, including or most importantly people’s relationships with God and with their spouses and children. And it is probably the number one sin destroying the church today and people’s lives and their futures and their relationships with Jesus Christ. And so, unpleasant as it may seem, it needs to be addressed.

Now sexual immorality is not just physical. It begins in the mind first, it is entertained in the mind, and then it is acted out in various ways. And it isn’t confined only to the act of sexual relations between two people not married to each other. For Jesus said that to look at another lustfully is to commit adultery with that person in one’s heart (Matthew 5:27-28). And adultery is mentioned 20 times in the New Testament. And this can include the viewing of sexually explicit videos and movies and what goes along with that.

Now, if we are married, this sin is not just against our spouses, but it is against the Lord and our marriage relationship to him, too. For when we believe in Jesus Christ with God-given and God-persuaded faith in him, we are married to Christ, but much like the Jewish marriage of old where the couple get engaged, which is a contractual marriage, but to where their union is not consummated until the groom goes and prepares a place for them and then he comes and takes his bride to be with him.

So, we are not only to be faithful to our spouses and to not commit adultery against them in any fashion, even if just in the mind, but as followers of Christ we are to be faithful to our Lord and to not commit adultery against him, which is more than just through sexual immorality, but through all willful, deliberate, and habitual acts of rebellion against him and against his commands. For we are to have purity of relationship not only with our spouses but also with the Lord in our marriage relationship to him.

Now, it isn’t only that those who behave in such a manner as this are committing adultery against the Lord and against their spouses, but that they are uniting in mind and/or in body with a prostitute, with what is sexually promiscuous, and for his or her own sinful pleasure. This is one of the most selfish sinful acts there is, in my opinion, for it is not only thinking only of self, but it totally disregards how one’s sins will impact all other relationships, especially those with God and with spouse.

And we can’t be one with Christ and with spouse and be one with “the prostitute” at the same time. And I don’t mean necessarily a literal person who prostitutes himself or herself for money, but all acts of sexual immorality which separate us from our relationships with God and with spouse, in which one commits adultery via the mind and/or the body. You can’t be “one flesh” with your spouse if you are regularly committing adultery against him or her via sexual immorality in its various forms.

For when we marry our spouses and when we marry the Lord, by genuine faith in him, we become one with them, if, indeed, we are not already in the act of being one with “the prostitute,” i.e. the “other lover,” whatever that may entail. For both our marriage to spouse and our marriage to Christ are a lifetime commitment of sobriety, moral purity, faithfulness, honesty and a love relationship that surpasses all other love relationships in our lives. And God knows if our commitment is genuine or not.

And then it says here that we are to flee from sexual immorality, for every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Not only is sexual sin against one’s spouse and against the Lord, both of whom we are to be married in the purity of relationship, but it is sin against one’s own body, too, which can be done and have its effect in many different ways. And for one, because our bodies are to be for the Lord and for our spouses and not for selfish sensual pleasures.

And the problem does come in when one considers one’s own body as solely for him or for her without regard for God, and without regard for spouse or for whoever else may be affected by one’s own selfish and greedy acts of sexual immorality. But as those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, our bodies belong to the Lord, and we are to be those who honor God with our bodies in more ways than just with being morally pure, too. For our bodies are to be the temple of the Holy Spirit, for we are not our own. We were bought with the price of Christ’s blood. So we are to honor Christ with our bodies.

[Matt 7:21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14,24; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-17; 1 Pet 2:24; Tit 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-9; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 3:6,14-15; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15]

Sometimes the Lord puts in my mind a secular song which is a prayer of a man pleading for the life of a young man, that God would let him live. And we need to be those who are praying to God for the lives of those who are wandering far from the Lord, and who are trapped in sexual addiction and all other sinfully addictive behaviors which are destroying their relationships with God and with other humans who they are sinning against. And we should be praying that God will bring them home to himself so they will live.

Bring Him Home

By Alain Boublil / Claude Michel Schonberg / Herbert Kretzmer

God on high
Hear my prayer
In my need
You have always been there…

You can take
You can give
Let him be
Let him live
If I die, let me die
Let him live
Bring him home

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Guys, the Mark of the Beast is:



Yes, this a a dumb joke, but when I was overseas a few summers ago, I saw this car rental logo everywhere.

MICAH 5:6-6:8

”and the remnant of Jacob shall be among many peoples….” thus, begins the Prophet Micah’s message. We can witness this account today. In every nation of this modern world, we see the Jewish people. In almost every large city, there are Jewish neighborhoods, communities, Jewish Community Centers,

The mission of Israel in the diaspora was to be a “light unto the nations” The nations thousands of years ago were dwelling in idolatry; the worship of pagan deities permeated their lives. Israel’s mission was to “introduce the worship and love of “One God” Adonai-Elohim, yet even in Israel idolatry was to be found, Elohim would have to “cut off” the worship of graven images, witchcraft, Asherim, etc.,

” Oh, my people, what have I done to thee?” (6:3) Adonai has a right to ask this question. Did HE not take them out of Egypt? Bring them into a new land, He was to be their king, yet they fell into idol worship.

”and what does the LORD require of thee? Only to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God” (6:8)

And that is what it is all about, If Yeshua loved mercy, did what was just and right, and lived a humble lifestyle, shouldn’t we do the same? Following in HIS footsteps is a meaningful goal in our lives.

LUKE 22:1-71


The final and last day of Yeshua on earth is here. He is celebrating the Passover with his disciples. This is very meaningful as it illustrates what the “bread and the wine” symbolize.

” This is my body which is being given to you” “The cup is the New Covenant ratified by my blood which is being poured out for you”.

During the time of Passover and every time we take communion, which is like a “mini Passover” we are reminded of our Messiah, who was beaten, whipped, torn apart, spat upon, and nailed to a cross, all because HE loved us SO MUCH. He, God in the flesh, loved his creation, a once sinless creation, but became flawed by sin, and wanted a new relationship once again. The Matzah which is marked by little holes, illustrates the nail holes, and he hung by those nails until his life paid our sin debt in full.

The first Passover in Egypt only consisted of unleavened bread, bitter herbs, and roasted lamb, symbolizing "Yeshua the Bread of Life", "Yeshua the Sacrifice Lamb" who paid the bitter price of sin (bitter herbs) Yet today, we have added elements, the Haroseth (a sweet mixture of raisins, nuts, dates, etc) and parsley. The "Sweetness of Salvation (Yeshuah) and the celebration in the Springtime.

The New Covenant is ratified, by HIS BLOOD, the blood of bulls, sheep, and goats did NOT, and NEVER did have the power to remove sin, the animal sacrifices only SYMBOLIZED what Yeshua would do in the future.

That is why the New Covenant is better, because the blood of Yeshua, symbolized by the wine we drink, had and has the power to forgive and atone for the sin of mankind. Man, only has to ACCEPT this sacrifice in a personal way, only then, can Messiah’s death on the cross benefit the person. So, if you have never accepted Yeshua as Messiah and LORD, do it now!

Is it required of Christians in their religion to wear offensive shirts? If it isn't, I don't see how this is problematic. "We reserve the right to refuse service" is still a generally held notion in any service-oriented business.

Meet up went well this morning but asking for prayers to continue please.

Spiritual Jew said:

I am 100% certain that both believers and unbelievers will stand before the judgment seat of Christ, so do with that info what you will.

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Are you willing to bet your future treasure on it? Please observe that this is the question of the current OP.

Joseph G said:

1Tonne,

Me again. I haven't felt good about our last exchange, and have spent some time pondering and praying about it. The Lord has made me aware of something...

In my zeal to defend my and other's ministries, I ridiculed you and yours. No matter how good an argument I thought I had, doing so was not called for and wrong. It was a definite case of plank/splinter syndrome. I apologize and ask for your forgiveness.

The truth is I don't really care how you conduct your ministry. If you, and I, feel peace with God that we are operating within His will, and especially if God allows us a glimpse now and then at the fruits of our labors,.then that is all the affirmation we need.

My prayer for all of us is that we all continually bear in mind just how the Apostle Paul was able to maintain his humilty (other than sporting a thorn in the flesh) even while bearing much fruit:

Galatians 1:10 NIV

"Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ."

1 Corinthians 4:1-5 NIV

" This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God."

If we adopt this attitude of Paul's then we will be freed to encourage each other in our unique ministries and maintain unity and peace amongst the brotherhood.

Praying that God will richly bless your and all of our ministries.

God bless!

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Thanks for that Joseph. It takes courage to say what you have just said. All forgiven. God Bless.

Back in 2020, I didn't vote for either Trump or Biden. I wrote in Pete Buttigieg for Pres., and Ill. senator Tammy Duckworth for VP. I'm glad VP Harris is now the likely Democratic candidate. We need fresh faces and futuristic ideas. Which I don't see coming from Republicans, who would try to reestablish the bad old days of the 50s and early 60s. I hope Kamala will choose someone like Sec. Buttigieg or Sen. Duckworth as her running mate.

okay said:

I don’t agree. You can't just make up new meanings for words. With this new meaning, everyone is a heretic.

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Heresy can be defined as: propagating one's own desires and beliefs and claiming them as truth instead of agreeing with, desiring, and believing God's word, which is absolute truth.

It is absolute truth that only God can determine what conduct/behavior is sin. God has given us His word on what He considers sin. All sin is wicked and rebellion toward God. Homosexual behavior is sin and wicked and rebellion toward God.

Homosexuals believe and claim that God created them as homosexuals. However, the Bible clearly labels homosexual behavior as sin. If the Christian believes the claims that homosexuals make, they are rejecting the truth of God's word in favor of lies of homosexuals.

Therefore, it is heresy for Christians to believe the lies that homosexuals claim as truth.

That's fair. I do not consider most "gender affirming" surgeries medically necessary, and don't think anyone under the age of 18 should do transgender treatment because they are still minors and their brains are still developing.

RileyG said:

Also Acts 10 & 11 is also good.

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Yeah, I just checked that out on Reddit.

Sorry I work a lot so I don't get a chance to reply that oft, I am focusing on teen music and kids music right now. I guess you would classify my stuff on spotify as Christian rock, kind of bluesy and my other album is kind of similar to praise rock from the 90s, I do make praise and worship music but for right now it's just on Youtube and I haven't released on other platforms yet. Login to view embedded media