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  1. Gareth

    The Lord's Evening Meal

    Over the last few years I have tried to encourage everyone to think about going to a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses when we hold the Memorial that Jesus put in place just before he died and gave all mankind the chance to once more become reconciled to God. This year it's on the 26th of...
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    2012 and all that.

    So 2012 is supposed to be the last year for many people here on earth. There was another thread on it but it is closed at the moment. How do people come to the conclusion that 2012 is the year. Where in the Bible does it point to 2012 as being the final year? Fear is a huge tool the Devil...
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    Do you have a heart for working?

    The example of Nehemiah is interesting. The challenges he faced, the sacrifices he made to see that the walls in Jerusalem were rebuilt and the gates remade so as to give God's restored people a secure future. There were 3 miles of walls to fix. Their enemies were everywhere. Yet Nehemiah and...
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    If you feel at all down.......

    Sometimes we need an uplift when we are a little down. Consoling words from others or the Bible can and do give needed help, as does prayer to the Almighty. But so also can music. Many Christians post on youtube and elsewhere good, uplifting music to make our spirits soar. I've just listened...
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    Acquiring an Obedient Heart - is it possible?

    Notes from the Safeguard Your Heart Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses. In the Holy Scriptures the heart is mentioned over 1000 times. Jehovah sees what the heart of everyone is actually like, there's a thought. 2Chronicles 16:9 shows an example of this regarding King Asa. Is there...
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    Safeguard Your Heart.

    Safeguard Your Heart. This is the title for the District Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses that is being held through the year in a number of countries. Maybe you had an invitation to go to a convention, or you may get one yet. It is spread over three days, has 47 talks which include...
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    God will have a People for His Name.

    You may of noticed it or maybe you haven't. What? The removal of the proper name of God from Bibles, hymms and church services. A letter from from the Vatican dated June 29th 2008 and given to the presidents of Catholic bishops conferences states that the use of the proper name of the God of...
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    I don't really want to raise this but...

    Are you ready for the 21st of October? Please don't all groan at once. Mr Camping has predicted that this Friday is the day when the elect will go to Heaven and the rest will not. That the earth will be destroyed (in direct contradiction of Isa. 45:18) and lots of other stuff as well. Well for...
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    Even the Apostles got it wrong.

    Ps 130:3 reminds us that God is forgiving. This is a real comfort because we make errors all the time. But then there are different degrees of errors, yet God still has compassion for us even if there is a penalty to pay. In this regard knowing that from time to time mistakes by followers of...
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    At 6pm on May 21.......

    We may laugh, or hear of people laughing and joking about this, but there is a serious side to. Harold Camping has stated that May 21 see's the start of the end of the world, 200 million Christians will be raptured, and the rest will be I guess weeping and gnashing teeth until October 21 when...
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    Memorial Season 2011

    On Sunday 17th of April after sundown, Jehovah's Witnesses will be gathering for what is to them the most important day in the Christian calendar. It is the for the Lord's Evening Meal. As Christians all know after Jesus had brought in this new arrangement, our Lord went through a very painful...
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    How Great is God to you?

    I think it was Elvis who used to sing a Gospel song along those lines. He was good at it too, so I promise not to sing it to you: your PC's might crash! Yet the question is a valid one. We, all of us, despite differences of opinion on some doctrines and scriptural understandings must all agree...
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    Are you ready for 2012?

    Lots of things are set to happen in 2012. Some of them are very bad we are told. Something to do with the ending of the Mayan calender and Planet X sideswiping the earth and causing mass destruction etc, etc. Some things might be good. We might have a half decent summer with sunshine and rain at...
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    Once saved, always saved?

    This idea is popular among some faiths, but is it really the case? For starters, to be saved involves what? To accept Jesus and all that entails. What he did for us (all of mankind) in coming to do his Father's will and to the point of sacrificing his life for us. Most Christians would accept...
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    Six Myths of Christianity Exposed.

    A myth is a story. Sometimes, it has a loose attachment to historical events or people but mostly it is a made up tale, improved on or embellished over time. There are stories like that which have attached themselves to the Christian faith. Six major beliefs that various faiths hold to are...
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    What is wrong with people?

    In browsing the net just now I came across a news item to do with a shooting at a Baptist church in the States. It seems a guy walks up the aisle and shoots the Pastor a man called Fred Winters in the chest then when the gun jammed produces a knife, stabs himself and two church members who were...
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    Persecuted for their faith

    When I was growing up I was given a hard time for my beliefs. Name calling at school or in the street, which as you might agree is not nice. However Britain like the US, has given many faiths permission to carry on without too many restrictions. If you go onto the web and look for Forum 18...
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    Morality

    A point that was raised in my Bible study class on Sunday was so good and simple, I just had to post it here. If the world followed the Bible's code on morality there would be no abortions, no broken homes, no STD's (herpes today, gonorrhoea tomorrow), no adultery and other horrible things...
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    Are we in the Time of the End?

    Interestingly some on the Forum of all persuasions believe this. How can we tell if this is the case, or not? What does it mean for everyone, Christian or non-Christian alike? Will the earth that the Bible says was created to be inhabited forever really be destroyed completely? What are the...
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    Paganism-good or bad?

    Pagan or Pagus in Latin means "country." It used to act as a defining between the civilised townies and their faiths and gods to the country bumkins and their religion which was based around the living things and the elements. Now as some forum members know, paganism is seen by many as...