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Just A Little Drink: Why Not?

So drinking is your own business? Indeed it is! At least up to a point. You're right, man has used alcohol for thousands of years to brace up the faint, to cheer up festivities, to drown out his problems, etc. So you say that moderate drinking is all right. Moderate drinking? When does moderate drinking develop into intemperance? You can go to any rescue mission and hear the same story over and over. The person had money, prestige, a good job, a fine family, but then all at once, or so it seemed, he was on the skids. It all started out with a little drink that "won't/wouldn't hurt." The very thing that had made him friends had turned on him and had caused his ruination. The biblical warning, "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise" (Proverbs 20:1) , has/had now been proven in his very own life. And the drink demon had not been satisfied until the victim hit rock bottom. Many traffic accidents are ...

Characteristics of the Self Life: Measure Yourself.

The following are some of the features and manifestations of the self-life. The Holy Spirit alone can interpret and apply this to your individual case. As you read, examine yourself in the very presence of God. ARE YOU EVER CONSCIOUS OF: A secret spirit of pride or an exalted feeling in view of your success or position — because of your good training or appearance; because of your natural gifts and abilities — an important, independent spirit?  -Proverbs 6:18, 20:6, 25:14; -Romans 12:3; -James 4:6. Love of human praise; a secret fondness to be noticed; love of supremacy; drawing attention to (one) self in conversation; a swelling out of self when (ever) you have had a special open door in speaking or praying?  -John 5:44, 12:42,43; -1 Corinthians 13:4-7. The stirrings of anger or impatience which, worst of all, you call nervousness or holy indignation; a touchy, testy, sensitive spirit; a disposition to resent and retaliate when disapproved of or contradicted; a desi...

How Readest Thou! (Poem)

It is one thing to read the Bible through, It’s another thing to read to learn and do. Some read it as their duty once a week, But no instructions from the Bible (do they) seek. Some read to bring themselves into repute By showing others how often they can dispute. While others read because their neighbors do To see how long ’twill take to read it through. Some read it for the wonders that are there, How David killed a lion and a bear. While others read it with uncommon care, Hoping to find some contradictions there. One reads with father’s specs upon his head, And sees the thing just as his father said. Some read to prove a pre-adopted creed, Hence understand but little that they read. For every passage in the book they bend, To make it suit that all-important end. Some people read as I have often thought, To teach the Bible instead of being taught. And some there are who read it out of spite, I fear there are but few who read it right. So...

Meet the Beatles for Real: The Beatles Making a big splash in a swimming pool...

Meet the Beatles for Real: The Beatles Making a big splash in a swimming pool... : Everybody to the diving boards!  Val takes the tyre in case anyone throws her in again. All Afloat!   Val's still queen, while Jo...

Woman wearing pants = spirit of sodomy

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Woman wearing pants = spirit of sodomy

The Vatican scammed all the USA’s gold

The Vatican scammed all the USA’s gold

The Wife is Her Husband’s Property — God says so

The Wife is Her Husband’s Property — God says so

Blog Transfer Notice

I am announcing (to anyone that comes across here) that I'm transferring this blog to another server, which is over at WordPress.com. The Blogger server has changed so much since I first started a year ago, and it's gotten to the point where it's not as user-friendly as it was in the beginning, and this mainly pertains to the posting format. It just goes to show that newer IS NOT always better. In recent years when people upgrade things they always do more harm than good, unfortunately. Like the old adage goes, "If it ain't broke, then don't fix it", and there's a LOT of truth that. It's just further proof that we're living in the last days and people just do this mess for a couple of main reasons: - Insanity. People like this know not what they do and just CAN'T see the forest for the trees [insanity seems on a pretty dramatic increase the closer we get to the Rapture of the Bride of Jesus Christ]. There's honestly not enough room ...

Heterosexual and Homosexual Sodomy

The Family Alter

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Which Road Shall I Take?

Did you know that life is like a journey? This journey of life has two roads and two places to go. The choice and decision of which road to take is up to you. When a baby is born into a home, this baby starts on this journey of life. God -- who lives in Heaven -- has prepared a special road for young children. This road is the road of innocence, of growing up. On this road mothers and fathers are the guides, teaching children about life. As a child, you walk for a while on this road of innocence, but then you come to a crossroad. The road of childhood and innocence ends, and you meet two distinct roads. Until then, parents have been your guide and have largely made your decisions. As you come to these crossroads, the decision is now up to you. Which road shall I take? This decision is very important, the most important decision in life. It is important because the one road means a good, clean life, filled with happiness, and that leads to Heaven; but the other road is filled with ...

John the Revelator saw the Immutability of the Holy Scriptures

By Joseph Chambers IF THE PRESENT CHURCH WORLD WOULD TAKE THE BOOK OF REVELATION AS THE PERFECT WORD OF GOD, EVERY FOUL DOCTRINE TROUBLING THE CHURCH WOULD VANISH. This book was written to the body of Christ and its truths are immutable, and so are all the other books of the Holy Scripture. That is not my word; that is God's Word. The great Apostle Paul wrote by the Holy Ghost that it was impossible for God to lie. Let's read the exceptional wording where we are promised that all the counsel or words of God are immutable. "For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirme...

Sincere But Mistaken

Constructing a proper and reliable building is possible using a tool called a plumb-line . Without such a tool, the builder -- however well-meaning and sincere -- is likely to make serious errors. Likewise, our lives and beliefs need to be guided by the plumb-line of God's Word. (Read Psalms 119:105, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, Amos 7:8) . A popular/common concept is, "It doesn't matter what you believe, as long as you are sincere." However, one must be sincere in believing the right thing . We have great respect for a man who is so earnestly sincere in his convictions that he is willing to die for them. But sincerity is not sufficient. There was an incident that took place many years ago in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, wherein a prescription called for a quantity of Barium Sulfate , but the druggist (pharmacist) used Barium Sulfite instead. There was only the difference of one letter between the names of the two drugs; one of them is used for curative purposes,...

The Judgments of the Tribulation (and Why It Matters to Christians)

by Alane Tentoni All of my life, I have had a curiosity about end-time events, but never pursued the matter because it was so confusing. Pre-trib, post-trib, pre-millennium or post-millennium, the seal judgments, the trumpet judgments... the list goes on. Finally, I found some excellent books on the subject, and as it turns out, the sequence of events following the rapture is not really so difficult to follow. Many people are curious about prophecy and end-time related events; however, most never thoroughly pursue the subject to achieve a basic understanding. Pre-trib, post-trib, pre-millennium or post-millennium, the seal judgments, the trumpet judgments... the list is daunting. Through some minimal effort though, it becomes apparent that there is organization to the sequence of events following the rapture. Not only is it easier than I thought, it is also vital. End-time events are happening everyday. We know the time is short, but we don't know how short. It is very likely ...

Age of Celebrity: Eternity Abandoned for Fleeting Immortality

by Wilfred Hahn Every year Forbes publishes its list of the Top 100 celebrities. The magazine's 2011 tally of America's top celebrities provided the most recent snapshot of this ever-changing world of fame and fortune. No doubt, some of these people would be recognizable to readers. The latest Top-100 contenders collectively earned $4.5 billion in 2010 (an average of $45 million each). Some of them were newcomers to the list, such as Justin Bieber, the young 17-year-old heartthrob crooner who ranked 3rd [place]. Others are long-time entertainers such as Oprah Winfrey (ranked #2, who is estimated to have earned $290 million in 2010 and has a reputed [total] net worth of over $3 billion). There can be no doubt: Celebrity is big business. A recent book, written by Jo Piazza (a former gossip columnist with the liberal New York Times ) entitled Celebrity, Inc.: How Famous People Make Money examines how competitive and facile is this world of celebrity. Quoting her on what she ...

General End-Time Commentary

September 27th, 2004 WHY I BELIEVE THE RAPTURE IS VERY NEAR If you've been a regular visitor of this site, you might know the official view of Rapture Ready is that the Church will not know the exact date of the pre-tribulation rapture. We do maintain that believers will be able to estimate the nearness of the rapture by looking at various end-time precursors. The Bible clearly says, "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh" (Luke 21:28) . In recent days I've become all the more convinced the time to look for our redemption is drawing very, very nigh (near). I base this sense of urgency on six major end-time indicators. A single warning sign would not be a strong enough reason to speculate the rapture might be near. Dozens of indicators pointing in the same direction, however, produce a high combined mathematical probability that something is about to happen. Many of these indicat...