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10/16/08 6:46 PM |
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Neil wrote: 33K, Speaking of "real church authority," remember Walt & his paleo-Presby micro-denomination? I don't know if he had to do with these folks, but it looks like their attempt to resurrect a no-holds-barred Covenanter church self-destructed in an flurry of excommunications (by email no less): http://reformedveritas.blogspot.com/2006/11/rpna-to-rpnagm-chronologytimeline-under.html I wonder if their victims even attend church anymore? Thank you Neil. I will look up that thread. I do remember Walt very well, and whilst I wouldn't agree with him on church polity I am nevertheless very sorry to hear that. |
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9/24/08 9:59 PM |
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It never ceases to amaze me the blatant evil that is seen falsely as piety these days."When her daughter stopped paying the mortgage this spring, the woman was stuck with payments since her name was on the loan contract. To stay current on the $500 monthly mortgage, she was faced with giving up a tithe to her local evangelical church of around $200 a month. Instead, she let the property go into foreclosure." Observations:- 1. It is ungodly and sinful not to pay your debts. You are stealing from your creditor. "Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift." 2."And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors" does not mean presuming the same upon our creditors. 3. It is ungodly and sinful to seek to pay God with a gift that rightly belongs to another (even a bank). "for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost." 4. It can be just as foolish to become surety for your daughter as it is for a friend. "A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend." If you do you keep your pledge! |
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9/24/08 12:10 PM |
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Mike wrote: How about this shriek. .... No important difference between soc,fas,com, is there? Thanks Mike, I knew you wouldn't let me down. Depends upon whether a thin veneer is an important difference or not I suppose ...... I think government should stay out of the financial markets except as a regulator. However, if they are going to intervene with massive dollars then frankly they should be purchasing, nationalising the companies they are baling out at current fair market value. Then breaking them up into smaller competitive companies and then floating them off again at a profit for the taxpayers benefit. And the executive bonuses of the incumbent management should not be protected. And artifical profits should not be paid to these bankrupt financial institutions. That's fraudulent. Alternatively, just leave it all to Warren Buffet to pick over the pieces ...... |
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9/24/08 4:34 AM |
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Nave's Topical Bible gives the following examples of satire:"Satire (From Nave's Topical Bible) Hannah’s song of exultation over Peninnah 1 Samuel 2:1-10; 1:5-10 Of Jesus against hypocrites Matthew 23:2-33; Mark 12:13-40; Luke 11:39-54 See IRONY See SARCASM " One could also see "Mocking" where among a mostly wicked set of examples is listed the positive example of Elijah. |
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