The Quiet Christian wrote:
I do believe you have nailed the problem, Brother Frank. The reality of science is that there are many theories based on observations and then analysis which has an inherent bias simply because people are doing the observations and analizing. That leads to a variety of opinions, disputes, controversies, and the like. Add the political factor which you aptly included, and no one knows who or what to believe. At least I don't. If there has been a major casualty, it is Trust. Because when Truth seems so relative based on whomever is speaking or shouting and the varieties of information from the "experts" isn't all that consistent, the nihilism of the age just creeps in. And now Truth, having been slain some years ago in the name of political and societal expediance, wasn't there to uphold his brother Trust. And Trust has fallen. Wisdom for her part, must be standing afar off with Justice. Both must be shaking their heads in disgust. Shouldn't we also?

John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

1 John 2:15 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. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Very interesting article! I have always believed that women are much more likely to be bisexual, but had never read any statistics to prove or disprove that. Same sex attraction among men has always been frowned upon, but rarely do you hear sermons about lesbianism. Why is that?

If a man speaks out against women, they are often thought to be misogynists, but if women speak out against men, they are rarely considered misandrists. The reason is that women throughout history have thought they were being kept down and needed emancipation. Look at Eve in the garden as our first example.

Anyway, women are weaker vessels and men have become dictatorial or too passive and poor leaders. My guess is men are the primary reasons for this occurring. Women are allowed to lead when they should follow.

2 Timothy 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Matthew 5:48 “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”

I have always felt that if Jesus is my Lord and Savior, then He deserves my utmost obedience. At the same time I realize just how short of that I fall. Does that effect my position with Him, of course not, but that is my desire and I think the desire of all those who have been born again, from above. I know with certainty that I had eternal salvation and was positionally perfect from the moment I came to Christ and nothing can change that.

The Quiet Christian wrote:
I'm not convinced that the virus is as serious for the vast majority as the teary eyed pleas on TV make it out to be, esp at this point. I'm also not convinced it's not a danger to some either.
MacArthur's biggest beef is that other activities are permitted but not worship. That a measly 3 cases have arisen over all this time with all those people is evidence in his favor.

To me it is disgusting that scientists say different things about it. Science is not supposed to be biased and political. Reminds me of global warming and evolution.

Mike wrote:
China has internet censorship? Who do they think the are, Twitter? Facebook? YouTube?

Mike wrote:
Darn, I wanted to cancel Jim’s vote!

P.S.

The Quiet Christian wrote:
In the continual spreading of seeds of doubt comes the conclusion that the sower is sowing tares and not wheat.
There is no Gospel within the PCUSA. They have almost entirely sold themselves to Satan. While some congregations are better than others, their Presbyteries ensure that they don't move too far from the denominational standard.
To leave these folks is to abandon a sinking ship. One may call that whatever one desires. There is a command of the Lord to "Come out from among them."
Sanctification is a process. Many of us have known people who have left false churches in with an interim step. I have a good friend who is former RCC. He was saved thru a Pentcostal church but eventually moved to a solid Baptist church. Trump's spiritually journey, assuming he is on one, is like anyone else's. As he matures in the faith, he will seek deeper and truer churches...like those here on SA.

John Yurich USA wrote:
Any Catholic who has an abortion and supports abortion should be excommunicated from the Catholic Church.

I remember after arguing with a real catholic apologist that he said because I understood catholicism and rejected it, then I had excommunicated myself.

That is one of the greatest honors I have ever had.

I only posted this because someone might believe that excommunication from the RCC might be negative.

http://prolifephysicians.org/app/? page_id=2

Malachi 3:6 - For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Cultures change, but God does not. If He said that homosexuality was an abomination thousands of years ago, then it still is. Mankind took those who were called sodomites and started calling them gay. Then they started publicly showing only those that looked kind, intelligent and successful on our TVs. And of course all those who are and were not in Christ became progressive and simply thumbed their noses at our heavenly Father and His word.

She now knows the the truth about God's purposes for women and men.

Neil wrote:
No pope is worthy of commendation by a Bible believer, but an ostensible conservative is worse since foolish "Protestants" are more likely to consider them political allies, whereas a herd-following LGBT sympathizer would put them off.
Or do you really want another Innocent III, who humbled even King John of England? "The best of popes is the worst of popes."

My parents talked about me becoming an altar boy; thank God that didn’t occur.

The Quiet Christian wrote:
Your's as well, Brother Frank. We are clearly responsible for our actions as individuals, not so much the actions of other people (unless we encourage wrongdoing) and definitely not those actions of our parents unless we continue in them.
You are right too that justice has a model that we as a society can use.
In the meantime, all these crowd source lies spouted by the media and politicians are becoming deafening. But the still, small voice of the Lord thru His word is the one to follow.
Thanks for praying for us! No solution yet but our child has improved somewhat.

The Quiet Christian wrote:
How many of these events have happened, Jim? Your stats sound do but the numbers are actually small. Meanwhile, death in the inner-city that has nothing to do with white supremacists has run rampit, vastly overshadowing this "boogy man" of the Left's invention. While anyone who commits crimes needs to be prosecuted and incarcerated, your continual effort to muddy the waters is a crime in itself. Killing Truth and replacing reality with the CRT/Socialist meta-narrative is also wrong and you really ought to repent.

When blacks kill each other or rob each other, they are simply doing it because they have been put down and are the victims of racism. Once someone has succumbed to this victim status, then they are no longer guilty of wrong doing; or their wrong doing is mitigated.

Victims are no longer responsible for things that happen to them.

No one will benefit if they tell Christ at the judgment that they are not individually responsible for their actions. There will be no "but my pastor told me this or that or "I did this because of my social class".

2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

These pseudo churches are led by hirelings.

Rahm Emanuel and others have used this thought: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.”

As Stalin did, they tell the low income citizens that it is not their fault they don’t have what the rich have; it is because the rich have taken advantage of them and are keeping them down. This is actually a play on words because it is the rich who sponsor and encourage this change. A billionaire will normally die rich regardless of the society they live in. The rich will simply have more money, power and control. The middle class will lose it all.

I just hope and pray this doesn’t result in a real race war. That is a real possibility.

Neil wrote:
MLK, who believed Gandhi more than Jesus, was wrong: The church is not the "conscience of the State" (which sure sounds like "Dominionism"), its purpose is to worship and glorify God, and teach and minister to believers.
Many "Reformed" churches need reforming, apparently.

And I’m sure most realize that any politician or media personality would quickly lose their jobs if they spoke the truth about him. And this negative thought is also noteworthy in our pulpits.