Re: [TruthTalk] On Infants who Die

2004-05-12 Thread Dave
David Miller wrote: Jonathan wrote: My emphasis will be on whether it refers to eternal punishment or something else. I don't think I know anybody who believes that Sheol or Hades is a place of eternal punishment. DAVEH:  What did the Israelites, or Hebrews, bel

Re: [TruthTalk] GIRLS MUST KNOW KNOWN KNOWNS & KNOWN UNKNOWNS

2004-05-12 Thread Dave
DAVEH:  Elsman.does your below statement mean that you believe the billions who have lived and died without hearing even the name of Jesus, let alone the gospel, are condemned to hell.the lake of fire? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:     3.  YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT ACCEPT JESUS UNLESS

Re: [TruthTalk] GIRLS MUST KNOW KNOWN KNOWNS & KNOWN UNKNOWNS

2004-05-12 Thread LaurHamm
In a message dated 5/12/2004 10:18:13 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IF THE GIRLS DO NOT TELL THEIR NEIGHBORS AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO ACCEPT JESUS, BASED ON KNOWLEDGE, NO ONE ELSE LIKELY WILL, AND THEY WILL GO TO HELL, BECAUSE THE GIRLS JUST WANTED TO COOK FOR THEIR NEIGHB

RE: [TruthTalk] GIRLS MUST KNOW KNOWN KNOWNS & KNOWN UNKNOWNS

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
Dearest Elsman, please answer the following questions to clarify for the rest of us who you have been screaming at:   1)  Does your wife ever street-preach? 2) Does your wife wear a head covering? If so, when? 3) Have you personally knocked on the door of every one of your

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
Child prodigy. J   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!   DAVEH:   Huh?!?!?!?!   You wrote a couple

RE: [TruthTalk] Covering the Head

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
David, I don't recall your lovely wife wearing a head covering. Is she not compliant with scripture? Izzy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Miller Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 7:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TruthTalk] Covering

Re: [TruthTalk] GIRLS MUST KNOW KNOWN KNOWNS & KNOWN UNKNOWNS

2004-05-12 Thread ELSMANLAW
In a message dated 5/12/2004 9:15:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I accept the scriptures when they are rightly divided and taken in balance and in context; I don't cower before every religious zealot coming down the pike.  Nor do I see any justification by word or by examp

Re: [TruthTalk] The Passion Test

2004-05-12 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 5/10/2004 8:31:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm getting lost even more.  "Didache" = doctrine, so why do you use it to refer to faith?  Didache has to do with the intellect.  And what does "passionate" have to do with faith?  Passionate = sensuality a

RE: [TruthTalk] The Mediation of Christ

2004-05-12 Thread Jonathan Hughes
Hi David, Just about to go to bed but wanted to get a quick message off. I think that there are many things that a person can say, think, or do that would be displeasing to God. I do not believe that these things make one unaccepted by God. I want to reply to your earlier post today regarding o

Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread Dave
DAVEH:   Huh?!?!?!?!   You wrote a couple books while in junior high school, Izzy???   I'm impressed!!! :-) ShieldsFamily wrote: No I am not some famous author.  I did write a book that was published about 20 years ago which encouraged Christian women w

Re: [TruthTalk] GIRLS, DO YOU ACCEPT THE SCRIPTURES AS AUTHORITY OVER YOUR LIVES ,OR NOT??

2004-05-12 Thread jandgtaylor1
I accept the scriptures when they are rightly divided and taken in balance and in context; I don't cower before every religious zealot coming down the pike. Nor do I see any justification by word or by example for getting in the faces of the ignorant and soul sick just to shout at them that th

[TruthTalk] Covering the Head

2004-05-12 Thread David Miller
Izzy wrote: > David, So what is your belief regarding women > and head covering? I believe what 1 Cor. 11 teaches about it, but women are so influenced by their culture and personal relations that they do not pay the Scriptures as much heed as what their culture teaches them. I think that if cul

RE: [TruthTalk] The Mediation of Christ

2004-05-12 Thread David Miller
I would like to ask Bill, Lance, Jonathan, and Sherrie the following question: Is there anything that a person can say, think, or do that would be displeasing to God? Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. -- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, t

RE: [TruthTalk] On Infants who Die

2004-05-12 Thread David Miller
Jonathan wrote: > My emphasis will be on whether it refers > to eternal punishment or something else. I don't think I know anybody who believes that Sheol or Hades is a place of eternal punishment. Are you familiar with the treatise attributed to Josephus about Hades? Peace be with you. David

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
David, If Christine is as good at preaching as she is at playing the cello, she's gotta be good. We really enjoyed seeing her play with the Symphony (on tape). Izzy -Original Message- Now my oldest daughter Christine, she is another story! She has preached in public. Christine has had t

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
David, That's just because I was born on the 4th of July. :-) Izzy -Original Message- Nevertheless, I think you would make a great public preacher, Izzy. You are a true firecracker. You just have the personality for it. You can't help it. You were made that way. :-) Peace be with you

RE: [TruthTalk] IZZY'S BOOK?

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
PS  So when is the last time YOUR wife street preached, Els?? Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ShieldsFamily Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 5:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] IZZY'S BOOK?   Elsman, (1) I will not be i

RE: [TruthTalk] IZZY'S BOOK?

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
Elsman, (1) I will not be interrogated by you. (2) You will have to ask the other TT’ers if they think I can think (as I’ve been here much longer than you have.) And BTW, I think the REAL qualification to be a long-timer on TT is to be able to fight for your right to be here against bullies

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG A NSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
David, So what is your belief regarding women and head covering? Izzy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Miller Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HA

RE: [TruthTalk] On Infants who Die

2004-05-12 Thread Jonathan Hughes
Hi David, I will definitely talk about the times Jesus spoke about hell (Hades or gehenna) as well as how Paul used it (and the one reference in 1 Peter). I will start with the Old testament as this is the matrix out of which the first 'Christians' preached and thought. My emphasis will be on wh

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread David Miller
Izzy wrote: > BTW, how often does your wife do public preaching, > or David Miller's wife? Are they called to it? Elsman, I don't know about you, but Izzy got me here. My wife has never preached on street corners, public parks, or on campus. The closest thing is that she has shared from the Wor

Re: [TruthTalk] IZZY'S BOOK?

2004-05-12 Thread ELSMANLAW
IZZY,   YOU WOULD BETTER REPRESENT WOMEN IF YOU ANSWERED THE  DIRECT AND SIMPLE QUESTION, AND NOT TALKED AROUND THE ISSUE:     1.  WAS YOUR HUSBAND SAVED BY YOUR TECHNIQUES?     2.  WHILE I AM AT IT, WHY WOULD A MAN READ A BOOK WITH YOUR TITLE?  IT IS CLEARLY ADDRESS

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG A NSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread David Miller
Judy wrote: > But Elsman - what about the "head covering" and the > other two scriptures addressing cultural problems > that you have been trying to burden us with. That really is the ironic thing here. Cindy Smock will preach with her head covered, but those who rebel against the head covering

RE: [TruthTalk] IZZY'S BOOK?

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
You obviously need to read the book, as you don’t get the whole idea.  Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] IZZY'S BOOK?   THE BIBLE SAYS THA

Re: [TruthTalk] IZZY'S BOOK?

2004-05-12 Thread ELSMANLAW
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE BELIEVING WIFE KNOWS HOW TO SAVE HER UNSAVED HUSBANDWERE YOU SUCCESSFUL?    ---ELSMAN P.S.  I DO NOT MEAN TO IMPLY THAT THE WORLD DOES NOT NEED YOUR BOOK, ANTICIPATING YOUR REBUTTAL BY KNEE-JERK. In a message dated 5/12/2004 5:30:33 PM Eastern Daylig

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG A NSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
Judy--I hope you are having a WONDERFUL trip!!! Izzy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. B

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
David, If you can get my Sweetie to go, I'll tag along. :-) Izzy -Original Message- Nevertheless, I think you would make a great public preacher, Izzy. You are a true firecracker. You just have the personality for it. You can't help it. You were made that way. :-) Peace be with yo

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
    IZZY, WAS IT CALCULATING  & DISINGENUOUS THAT YOU DID NOT INCORPORATE THE POST I WAS RESPONDING TO OF YOURSIT SAID NOT ONE THING ABOUT YOU TESTIFYING ABOUT JESUS-JUST ABOUT YOUR SOCIAL DO-GOODISM?     Elsman, Why would you first assume the worst about a p

[TruthTalk] GIRLS, DO YOU ACCEPT THE SCRIPTURES AS AUTHORITY OVER YOUR LIVES ,OR NOT??

2004-05-12 Thread ELSMANLAW
IZZY KNOWS SHE IS CONVICTED BY SCRIPTURE & HER  OWN REBELLION FROM SUCH, NOT BY ME!!!    I DID NOT WRITE THE MANUAL.   SO, WITH US ALL.  WE ALL CHOOSE TO GO GOD'S WAY---OR, OUR OWN HIGHWAY TO HELL.    ---ELSMAN P.S.   HOW CAN I PUT THIS IN TERMS IZZY , YOU & THE OTHER SPINELESS WON

Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG A NSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread jandgtaylor1
But Elsman - what about the "head covering" and the other two scriptures addressing cultural problems that you have been trying to burden us with. Surely you are not giving Izzy a verbal beating now for being disobedient to those admonitions are you? Cindy and Jed Smock are a campus "entertain

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread David Miller
Izzy wrote: > I believe I AM ministering to the lost > (ie: seed-planting) through "my calling". I always remind myself that while the emphasis of Jesus to his apostles was upon preaching, the emphasis of Paul's epistles to most believers was not about preaching or being a light to the world. I

Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ELSMANLAW
In a message dated 5/12/2004 2:56:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:   Shame on you, Elsman.  You have no idea how many people I have witnessed to or prayed with to receive Christ.  (Even I have no idea, since some are saved by reading the book I wrote 20 years ago.) S

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy.

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
TPW, Sorry to be cut off for being a bore. Izzy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arsene Lupin Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 11:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. Izzy: TPW, Do you ever meet wi

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
Shame on you, Elsman.  You have no idea how many people I have witnessed to or prayed with to receive Christ.  (Even I have no idea, since some are saved by reading the book I wrote 20 years ago.) Some are called to personal evangelism, where we come along side a person and minister, and bu

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
Laura,  I believe I AM ministering to the lost (ie: seed-planting) through “my calling”.  Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting quest

Re: [TruthTalk] Hognose snakes

2004-05-12 Thread Lance Muir
Dear Chris' son: That was truly funny. It is said by some that part of what makes something funny is the truth in it. Ouch!! Blessings, Lance From: Chris Barr To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: May 12, 2004 14:17 Subject: [TruthTalk] Hognose snakes \o/ !HALALU Yah! \o

[TruthTalk] Hognose snakes

2004-05-12 Thread Chris Barr
\o/ !HALALU Yah! \o/ Greetings in the Matchless Name of YahShua !   My youngest son was just telling me about hognose snakes.   They are quite a colorful lot and come in a great variety of colors.   They have upturned noses and have big heads.   They appear poisonous but in fact are

[TruthTalk] Brings a Scripture to mind ...

2004-05-12 Thread Chris Barr
\o/ !HALALU Yah! \o/ Greetings in the Matchless Name of YahShua !   "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." -- from my likeminded, Torah observant brother Rav Shaul in his epistle to the Torah observant Romans In a message dated 5/11/2004 3:58:52 PM Eastern Standard T

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy.

2004-05-12 Thread Arsene Lupin
Izzy: TPW, Do you ever meet with others of your persuasion, like Believers meet at church? Or do you just learn on your own, perhaps via the internet discussing what you think with others? TPW: Some will congregate and do what we call a "Kin" which can be imediate family and "extended" family.

RE: [TruthTalk] On Infants who Die

2004-05-12 Thread David Miller
Jonathan wrote: > I claim, (the post will come sometime in the next > two weeks) that hell (meaning a place of eternal > punishment) is no where to be found in the Old > Testament (and which of course is why it is not > found once in early apostolic preaching (the book > of Acts). I can't wai

Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread Lance Muir
ï Elsman: Pulease say you are jesting!? One gets the sense that you are full of...well, yourself. If no humor is involved then, nothing less than an apology is in order. You do see that, don't you? Lance - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread LaurHamm
In a message dated 5/12/2004 12:06:11 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IZZY,    I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS LIST WAS "CHRISTIANITY 101", WHEN DAVID INVITED ME ON.   YOU DON'T EVEN FOLLOW THE "GREAT COMMISSION", AND HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT MEANS.  WORKS OF RIGH

Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread LaurHamm
In a message dated 5/12/2004 12:01:03 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It certainly is not my job to preach on the street.  I have only beendoing that anyway for about 10 years, but I have preached and taught inpulpits and at lecterns and Bible Studies for more than 25 years. 

Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ELSMANLAW
In a message dated 5/12/2004 12:19:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:   Elsperson,   What do you think, âGo into all the worldââ means?  To me it means going into whatever part of the world, and whatever assignment in life, where the Lord places you.  Iâm right wher

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread David Miller
Laura wrote: > What are some ways some of the rest of you > "reach the lost" besides through your calling? How is it possible for anyone to reach the lost EXCEPT THROUGH OUR CALLING? It certainly is not my job to preach on the street. I have only been doing that anyway for about 10 years, but I

RE: [TruthTalk] The Mediation of Christ

2004-05-12 Thread David Miller
Bill Taylor wrote: >>> The question is, why are they [infants] safe? David Miller wrote: >> Simple. They have not sinned. Jonathan wrote: > For all have sinned and fall short of the > glory of God. This 'all' word seems to give > you problems. Not a bit of problem. Consider the context

Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread LaurHamm
Sounds to me like Izzy does just fine getting the messge out among those she comes in contact with.  The world benefits from teachers, preachers, protesters, street preachers, evangelists and just plain everyday people.  She can rub elbows with a whole different group of people and that is just fi

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
Elsperson,   What do you think, “Go into all the world…” means?  To me it means going into whatever part of the world, and whatever assignment in life, where the Lord places you.  I’m right where the Lord put me.  I’m a witness to Christ with the people I rub elbows with every day.  I kno

Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy. BUT, YOU HAVE THE WRONG ANSWER!

2004-05-12 Thread ELSMANLAW
IZZY'S POSITION IS AN INSULT TO THE LORD'S LAST WORDS ON THIS EARTH---"GO".  THESE WOMEN CAN KNOW ALL THE BIBLE & HAVE SOPHISTICATED HERMENEUTICS, BUT IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAJONES TO DO THE WORK COMMANDED BY JESUS, THEN..     ---ELSMAN THE LAWYER P.S. WE NEED MORE

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy.

2004-05-12 Thread David Miller
Izzy wrote: > And I think that women should do street preaching about > as much as I think they should do military combat. See. I believe in women ministers more than you do! :-) And so did Hubert. You know, I would not object to you getting your husband out there preaching. You could then m

Re: [Fwd: Re: [TruthTalk] Who did Jesus Die for and Who did He Reconcile to H...

2004-05-12 Thread Dave
Jonathan Hughes wrote: Hi Dave,   Well here is where it gets tricky and rather uncomfortable for their control/interpretation.  There are verses that imply that there is some sort of condition that must be achieved for salvation (whether this be belief, faith, baptism etc.)

RE: [TruthTalk] On Infants who Die

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
Jonathan, I’m looking forward to it.  Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hughes Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 6:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] On Infants who Die   Hi all,   I plan on doing an extended post on

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy.

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
TPW, Do you ever meet with others of your persuasion, like Believers meet at church? Or do you just learn on your own, perhaps via the internet discussing what you think with others? I seems strange to me that your beliefs are not concerned with "truth" or "sin". Is it all just about "me being

RE: [TruthTalk] The Mediation of Christ

2004-05-12 Thread David Miller
Bill Taylor wrote: > Interesting, your comments are noted. How do you > understand Ephesians 2:1-6, in particular vs 1, 3, > and 5? > > 1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, Sins is plural and so it clearly refers to actual sins. Infants are not dead in trespasses and

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy.

2004-05-12 Thread ShieldsFamily
David, Thanks for the advice, but I don't think I have a calling to do street preaching. And I think that women should do street preaching about as much as I think they should do military combat. (Remember what happened to poor HH's wife Phoebe?) And I still have a hard time believing there a

RE: [TruthTalk] On Infants who Die

2004-05-12 Thread Jonathan Hughes
Hi all,   I plan on doing an extended post on hell soon so I won’t say much here.  It appears to me that Chris is looking at the different types of Hebrew words to describe hell, one being Sheol which literally means grave.  There are 65 references to Sheol in the KJV of the Old Testament

RE: [TruthTalk] The Mediation of Christ

2004-05-12 Thread Jonathan Hughes
  Jonathan:  First let me say thank you to David for participating in this discussion.  We appreciate it.   Bill Taylor wrote: > Many, many children have died in infancy before giving > or even being able to give any indication that they are > in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Ye

RE: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy.

2004-05-12 Thread Arsene Lupin
Izzy: I still can't comprehend someone believing the way you do. It is as foreign to me as a man from Mars. All of my life I've heard of many different religions, but always thought that true paganism died out with the dinosaurs, so to speak. What is it that you like about this religion of yo

Re: [TruthTalk] Interesting questions, Izzy.

2004-05-12 Thread Lance Muir
David: Just yesterday a man picked up a copy of "Breaking the Da Vinci Code" having read David Brown's book. Brown's position, as outlined in his novel, was that of the shopper. Though by no means a new thesis it finds a compliant audience at every appearance. Blessings, Lance - Original Messag