Interesting. I recently watched a YouTube video where John Stossel was being interviewed. Stossel's answer to the final question was chilling. He said he has very little confidence in a government which keeps growing and growing regardless of who's in charge (Democrat or Republican), and all the while, the Press just sits there and cheers it on.

CAS wrote:
John,
Martin Lloyd Jones argued just the other way in that he took issue with the familarity of the newer versions in addressing God as you.
"One curious effect long-term exposure to KJV and its language has on many Christians I've known (including myself) is that when they pray they use the KJV language (i.e. addressing God as "Thee" and "Thou", etc.) but use everyday English at all other times."

Scott McMahan wrote:
Okay, other than the usual KJV-Only responses (you guys are just a tiny bit predictable), did anyone wonder about the blasphemous pun in the title? Did some liberal news editor choose this to see if they'd get a rise out of Christians, or did it not occur to anyone at MSNBC that trivializing the cross might possibly not be a good idea and offend someone who actually believes the cross is the means of salvation? I expect it's the latter, and these MSNBC people probably don't know anything about Christianity other than the cross is some kind of jewelry.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
What is the percentage of people who say they speak Elizabethan English when pushing the AV many more than actually do.

I was actually Chriticized once by my brother-in-law who told me that to address God in such a "pretentions" and "presumtous" way, as he called it, was OFFENSIVE to GOD, and that I needed to stop praying that way or God would be angry with me.

There's also just something about the formal nature of the particular English used in the KVJ that lends the same considerable gravity to its texts as it does to Shakespeare's, helping me memorize the former and understand the latter (which helped me pass my English Lit classes).

New in Focus wrote:
'Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life' by John Brown of Wamphrey

HDI wrote:
Theologian Quiz:
Circle the answer corresponding to the theologian who agreed with the [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrowing_of_Hell#Interpretations_of_the_doctrine]]]Apostles' Creed[/URL] that Jesus descended into Hell:
(1.) Martin Luther.
(2.) John Calvin.
(3.) Augustine of Hippo.
(4.) All of the above.

John UK wrote:
Hell seems to be holding ground of departed spirits who are awaiting judgment before being cast into a lake of fire; this is the eternal punishment of sinners from which there is no getting out.

Haconby wrote:
"Satan has another message for you: Don’t go to Bay Area Fellowship."
Is this one of these subtle double negatives which Satan uses?

Is Satan using reverse-psychology here?

TIS wrote:
Therefore, for the sake of the family, for the sake of the Church and for the sake of the Gospel, mustn't Evangelical leaders preach against contraception, abortion & sterilization?

The family I grew up in enjoyed far more of this world's goods than they otherwise would've had they not chosen to limit the size of their family through birth control. My folks EASILY could've afforded to have 2 or 3 more kids but, fearing the privation they experienced during The Great Depression, they saw themselves as being "responsible" by utilizing the then (1960) newly-approved birth control pill and other similar means to make sure I and my 3 siblings had much more during our upbringing than they did during theirs. Sounds pretty noble, huh?

I agree with Scott McMahan.

Mike wrote:
"– we have a recent episode of MSNBC’s Hardball with one-time Democratic operative Chuck Todd standing-in for host Chris Matthews."
Or a Democrat, Jim. Especially one standing in for a guy who said he felt a thrill go up his leg when he heard an Obama speech.

Not unlike the feelings a mother tends to have for her juvenial delinquent child--or some Christians have for the liberal-side of politics.

I have a friend who's a born-again, pro-life, gun-nut; but who continues to vote liberal secular Democrat because he's "sensitive" (for lack of a better word) to their general message.

jpw wrote:
sickening, isn't it?
Children of God for life has been fighting to educate the public on the uses of the aborted baby industry.
http://www.cogforlife.org/fetalvaccines.htm
Many vaccines have been made with aborted baby fetal cell lines.
Here's their reference list so you can compare which one is aborted fetal cell based or not:
http://www.cogforlife.org/fetalvaccines.htm
a virus is not a stand alone organism, it needs a host. To develop a vaccine, a host infected animal cell must be used. sometimes it is monkey, or aborted fetal cell, etc.
Here's a thoughtful article:
http://www.silentvoices.org/VaccinesAbortedFetuses.html