Brian Wood wrote:
> Duane
>
> I can simply say Amen to what you say. I was listening to christian radio
> the other day when it mentioned the need to belong to the local church to
> "fellowhip with other believers". It also said that you could receive
> "support" from fellow believers. In my experience you are more likely to
> receive condemnation than support if you do not comply to the norm.
Who has not come in from a cold rain and been pleased with a warm
and dry place of shelter<G> From your misery, you have been saved!
Yet... in time if the company is not fair, going back out in the storm is
preferable. What I hear you say is that you did not ask for condemnation,
but when the human flesh had tired of supposed "christian fellowship"
with someone who might be 'difficult... the shine falls off the agape' love
rather quick. One way to do that is to demand justice and stand for
princeipal, over "submitting to authority" People's ivory towers are
built rather tall and formatible<G> *give me the grass shack in paridise,
so when it's time to go... I won't stop to count what I might lose..<G>
> My faith
> is in Jesus. Through Him I have a direct line to God the Father. I have an
> indwelling Holy Spirit to prompt me and show me the truth. If I fellowship
> with other believers I want to show them love not condemnation.
Mayby I'm wrong... but "More Love" seems to make the gates to the Father
wider than a narrow view of righiousness.
> How quickly
> we forget John 3:16. All have sinned so why condemn the sinner?
>
> BoW
Yes... *If the gift is LOVE then the "lost" are seperated by their own
ignorance, and our task is to bring them to something they long for.
The acts of their flesh, offensive to the "saved" should never turn our hearts
against them recieveing the gift of life.
Stepping far out on the ICE!-
*The Radio screams out *LOVE LOVE!
And we know God is love!
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But what is it about "christians" that is so un -attractive to the lost?
Lack of Compassion?
-=A=-
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Duane Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 5:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [RR] Question with Al Gore
>
> *I'm going to walk around the parking lot before I post
> something close to a antipersonnel fragmentation devise.
>
> Wait one...
>
> Back.. *OK..
>
> I've been raised in an AG home and was born on a AG
> Home Mission station, and like I said too many times...
>
> Became a Royal Ranger the first day it was started March 1962!
>
> *All that seems a waste to me if I must swallow the shallow reasoning
> that hides ignorance and discrimination. (*because that is not what
> I accepted from my Lord, the creator of all life) *Gods spirit dwells
> in my heart, and the more space I give to him the less I fear evil.
>
> God is a powerfull and wonder working force, if in his hand he holds all,
> equal in spite of our frailty, and lack of love. I've recently came back
> from
> a vacation where the population is made of many ethnic blends, and found
> that on an island there is the ability to build bridges with a common love.
>
> If "Hardship" breeds compassion.. let then, hardship come!
>
> I have long wondered at the lack of morality of people who "cut the
> trail" on the switch back, or point the finger at others who smoke and drink
> while killing themselves eating greasy bacon and pack'n such weight that
> their hearts explode. Many of these people claim *salvation but see their
> duty only at a alter, while the music plays "softly and tenderly"....to
> tally
> a bodycount!
>
> *Hypocrites!
>
> *What part of the love of GOD promotes discrimination of his creations?
> *What part of being a christian means following the herd in your local
> church?
> *Who says, GORE will promote homosexuality in the Boy Scouts!
>
> (*Clearing my throat and mind again...)
>
> You see.. I *Prefere, the company of scouts to Rangers *IF THE INTENT
> IN RR's heart is to remove themselves so far from "the world" and that
> backward
> ideas of sexism and domination are promoted over the meaning of the emblem,
> the Code and the Golden Rule.
>
> Some people see this election as only a game to win.. but in fact it is
> a critical part of end time eschatological events! Instead of wanting
> a great leader to rise to power, to right the wrong.. we should desire
> a great power to rise in us to *DO RIGHT and "see" beyond the superficial
> and "streach" our hearts to build bridges and share God's aloha love with a
> "multi-cultureal" world that is in need.
>
> We do that by *BALANCE!
>
> The four GOLD points are ment to be lived in *Balance...
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Mental-
> Social-
> Physical-
> Spiritual-
>
> Our *salvation does not make us super-humans with "powers"
> and abilities beyond mortal man! Rather our "mortal man" our
> ego, self must die! The thinking of our flesh, gives way to hate,
> lust, death.... confuision! But if we are "saved" we look at the
> world different, not to control, manipulate, scheam and politic.
>
> *But to just share... as "Ohana" family .
>
> Thanks...
> -=A=-
>
> John Evens wrote:
>
> > Y'all,
> > Hey there quick question. I was reading about Al Gore and the Boy
> Scouts where that if Al Gore comes president that he would be the chairman
> of BS. My question is that if he comes president is there a way that Mr
> Gore could allow Gays as Boy Scout leaders?
> > John
> >
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