Re: [ZION] This is Me

2003-11-11 Thread Grampa Bill in Savannah
Jim offered: This is the perfect gift for rendezvous black-powder re-enactment enthusiasts. Made in Canada. === Grampa Bill comments: Not sure I'd want to wear anything that looked like that around a bunch of boozed up northern rednecks carrying guns.. Love

Re: [ZION] Hai karate?

2003-11-11 Thread Grampa Bill in Savannah
Stephen Beecroft wrote: So my question is: Does anyone on this list do martial arts-type stuff? Any ninjas, or karate kids, or judo choppers, or boxers, or Muay Thai kickboxers? = Grampa Bill comments: Never had anything to do with any of the martial arts. If I recall

Re: [ZION] Hai karate?

2003-11-11 Thread Grampa Bill in Savannah
Cousin Bill wrote: My kids do kendo, bamboo-sword fighting. But it would be pretty useless unless you had a bamboo sword with you when you needed to defend yourself. Grampa Bill comments: And Cousin Bill himself was once Amateur Sumo Champion of

Re: [ZION] Thrift!

2003-11-11 Thread Steven Montgomery
At 03:35 PM 11/10/2003, you wrote: Yes, yes, Till once had a bugeye Austin Healy Sprite*. Absolute fun to drive. The only drawbacks were the long gap between 2nd and 3rd gear, and the absence of side windows (had curtains) when it was cold. Sure miss that little blue Frog! I had a 1953

Re: [ZION] Signs Yet to Come

2003-11-11 Thread Steven Montgomery
At 07:11 PM 11/10/2003, JWR wrote: 19. No man can buy or sell without the mark of the beast Just what is the mark of the beast? Is it an actual physical bio-chip, as most fundamental Baptists or Christian fundamentalists believe? Or does it mean something else. Below are my thoughts, in an

RE: [ZION] Thrift!

2003-11-11 Thread Sandy and Melinda Rabinowitz
Gerald a Smith wrote: My car is a 1995 Saturn. I bought it almost 2 years ago for $1500, with 200K miles on it. It now has $240K miles on it and still running great. I think my next car might be a Saturn, also. I may have a question for you, then. I've got a '95 Saturn also, an SL1, that's

Re: [ZION] Thrift!

2003-11-11 Thread Grampa Bill in Savannah
Sandy and Melinda Rabinowitz wrote: I'm wondering if I've finally reached the point where I need to junk the car. == Grampa Bill comments: I'm reminded of the saying. If you're so smart, why ain't you rich? And I ain't rich! Nevertheless, siince you asked, I'm

[ZION] Holy Spirit of Promise

2003-11-11 Thread John W. Redelfs
Is having ones Calling and Election Made Sure and being sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise the same thing? --JWR // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html ///

Re: [ZION] Elder Nelson on Unconditional Love

2003-11-11 Thread Stacy Smith
He could have been enlightened on that at the later date. Stacy. At 05:14 PM 11/04/2003 -0900, you wrote: Apparently Elder Nelson himself has spoken of God's unconditional love in General Conference. Heh, heh. I wonder if he was aware of that when he wrote his article for the February 2003

Re: [ZION] Sons of perdition

2003-11-11 Thread Stacy Smith
This I have read, but what about the broad way which we are told will be followed by many? Stacy. At 03:52 PM 11/08/2003 -0500, you wrote: I have some quotes here, which will show that one must do more than receive the Holy Ghost and reject it to become a candidate for perdition. You will see

Re: [ZION] Holy Spirit of Promise

2003-11-11 Thread R. Kent Francis
Kent gives it as his opinion: The HSofP is the Holy Ghost. He seals/ratifies ordinances. Calling and Election Made Sure is to have diety tell you that it is so. It comes after testing to prove that you will never aposticise. It allows you to receive the 2nd comforter (personal visits from

RE: [ZION] How to Become a Gospel Scholar

2003-11-11 Thread Stacy Smith
I would sincerely like to do this but I fear the time is too short for it. Stacy. At 05:10 AM 11/11/2003 +, you wrote: Here's a paper addressing that topic from John Welch. He is not a general authority, but is certainly a gospel scholar with few peers.

Re: [ZION] Signs Yet to Come

2003-11-11 Thread Stacy Smith
Very convincing. I'm sure that if there was a physical mark everyone would be able to see it and try to stay clear of it. But it is interesting that men have given up on the cause for food. What about Esau and others like him? Stacy. At 07:36 AM 11/11/2003 -0700, you wrote: At 07:11 PM

Re: [ZION] blood red moon

2003-11-11 Thread Stacy Smith
The Seventh-day Adventists with whom I also used to belong considered these events to already have been fulfilled. I don't know. Stacy. At 08:10 AM 11/07/2003 -0600, you wrote: Hello all... I read a bit on cnn.com this morning about the upcoming lunar eclipse this weekend and how the moon

RE: [ZION] Catholics Mormons unite

2003-11-11 Thread Stacy Smith
My churches always taught no sexual union before marriage and no extramarital affairs either. It's what they didn't teach about the other doctrines I've come to appreciate. Stacy. At 06:12 PM 11/06/2003 -0900, you wrote: Jim Cobabe wrote: John W. Redelfs wrote: --- How can we teach 1) that

Re: [ZION] Catholics Mormons unite

2003-11-11 Thread Stacy Smith
I'll have to remember this one. The fact is that some people are confused and do not feel they are being totally taught correctly on this point. I have a friend who took the missionary discussions and decided not to join. Because missionaries are taught not to put down any other churches

Re: [ZION] Introduction

2003-11-11 Thread Stacy Smith
I love the man and think he is the closest to Jesus Christ that I have ever seen. Stacy. At 10:34 PM 11/03/2003 -0500, you wrote: Friends: Like me, some of you may suffer from increasingly short-term memory loss and others here don't know me at all. So an introduction. Perhaps the best