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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 ...

Satan's Blank Check

by Terry James September 6th, 2004 Throughout history the spiritual health of society has been in a constant state of flux. The struggle between the forces of good and evil has caused the moral compass to rise and fall as nations have shifted between times of revival and times of apostasy. Because the ascent of Israel's moral record is so well documented in the Bible, it provides us with a detailed example of this endless cycle. The children of Israel started off on the straight and narrow. Then the devil would deceive them, God would punish the nation, and the Israelites would turn back to God. England and America also have a rich history of revival and apostasy. There have been many revivals in both these nations. Here are just a few that have had a far-reaching impact: THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING (1740-1745) THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING (1798-1832) THE WELSH REVIVAL OF 1859 THE GREAT WELSH REVIVAL OF 1904 THE ASUZA STREET REVIVAL OF 1906 (The beginning of the Pentecost...

...Because the Days are Evil

Blogger's NOTE: The Following article has been edidited for clarity. I also don't agree with everything in the below article -- i.e., the part about fallen angels having relations w/ human women in the Book of Genesis; I believe something different took place there, moreover something that makes much more sense, but that's another subject for another time. But there's a lot of truth to much of the things in the below article. By Ron Graham "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." Ephesians 5:15-16 We are surrounded by evil -- compassed (or surrounded by) about on every side. Many forms of satanic/demonic evil are already entrenched in this world -- such as false religions, cults, false teachings, and on it goes. We can see how Satan has made huge inroads corrupting the established Church. Much of our current exposure to the demonic, to the satanic, is not anything new, but has been ...

Personal Commentary from PROFANITY: Swearing, Jesting and Joking

The previous [gospel] tract was published -- like the many I plan on posting here -- by the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite. Here's the address for anyone interested in getting some: GOSPEL TRACT AND BIBLE SOCIETY P.O. Box 700 Moundridge, Kansas 67107 (U.S.A) Anyway, the (tract) the main reason I'd posted this tract (in the previous post) is that it reflects a common problem in today's society. Of course people have ALWAYS used bad language [in addition to telling dirty jokes], but today it's worse than ever , to be honest. There was a time when there were little to no (curse/cuss) words in music; but today the amount of songs & music that contains OVP [obscene/vulgar/profane] language are a penny a dozen. Moreover you find lots of foul language & foolish, vapid, insipid conversation everywhere else in the mass media, including television, movies, radio, newspapers (possibly), literature (of all kinds), magazines, & the Internet. Going out in a publ...

The Television Set: The World in Your Home

NOTE: Here (below) is a tract from the Gospel Tract and Bible Society [in Mountridge, Kansas] that I found in a motel lobby [now demolished] back in 1/03 when I was walking with my sister on a mostly cloudy day [job hunting] and was suffering from a kidney infection. The first (half) scripture is from the tract itself, but the rest I added in for good measure b/c I felt they were equally relevant. Without further ado, eat your heart out. *~*~*~*~*~*~* 1 John 2:14-15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 1 Peter 1:14 As obedient chi...

The Television Set: The World in Your Home (Introductory Commentary)

NOTE: It was not to long ago that I got this idea to post the following tract here b/c I think it's pretty relevant. Although brief it does a pretty good job of summarising/summarizing what the Almighty TV (television) is doing to our society today. Considering all that's going on... in addition to what I've seen it makes me afraid of bringing a child into this world. It is NOT b/c it's a big responsibility raising a child [for that the LEAST of my worries, for it's been that way since the beginning of humanity and having big responsibilities is a part of life, so no complaints there]; it's getting to be a terrible, sin-cursed world that we live in and it's getting worse as the days go by. The Devil/Satan [which means 'enemy', 'adversary', 'accuser', 'slanderer', etc.] knows his time is short [for we've got more time behind us than ahead of us in this age of human rule] so he's working as hard as he can to destroy a...