RE: [TruthTalk] Prayer Request

2004-06-27 Thread Slade Henson
There are many midrash (parable) stories of souls speaking with God before they're implanted in a body on earth, but I've always understood those stories to tell a greater theological or moral story... but that the story was not factual. I know of no one who dogmatically believes in the

Re: [TruthTalk] Prayer Request

2004-06-27 Thread Knpraise
Judy, it seems great to me that you have friends whom you have never met praying for you and your Jenna. I don't doubt that these prayers are a fervent as those belonging to your personal friends and congregation. God will bless John In a message dated 6/26/2004 1:36:39 PM Pacific Daylight

[TruthTalk] Prayer Request

2004-06-27 Thread Judy Taylor
Hi Slade: Thank you for posting this scripture. I know a lot of people interpret Jesus' response to the disciples query to mean or to prove that sin and this man's blindness are unrelated. However, the scriptures teach that the "curse causeless does not light" (Prov 26:2) so there was

[TruthTalk] Fighting for liberty and freedom

2004-06-27 Thread Judy Taylor
From: "Chris Barr" [EMAIL PROTECTED]From: Judy Taylor Would we like to live under this kind of oppression? Being beaten and arrested for this kind of foolishness. My, my, my ... what about all your obey the laws of tha land with Scriptural admonition you posted just before this? You are

[TruthTalk] Christians and Violence

2004-06-27 Thread Judy Taylor
From: "Wm. Taylor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]jt: The devil ... has on occasion controlled men in positions of authority. Hitler is one example and the Jews pacifistic response to him cost them a lot of lives. I wonder how many Jewish lives pacifism would have cost if every Christian in Germany

[TruthTalk] Exegetical Fallacies and Generational Sin

2004-06-27 Thread Jonathan Hughes
Hi Slade, If you read what Judy says below I hope alarm bells are going off in your head. This is an excellent example of how we take scripture and make it mean whatever we want it to. In other words we force our meaning on the text. Judy is an expert at this. Note that she is

Re: [TruthTalk] Exegetical Fallacies and Generational Sin

2004-06-27 Thread Terry Clifton
Jonathan Hughes wrote: This is a dangerous and reckless way of interpreting scripture. Last week Terry and Judy both made use of the argument from silence technique. If Paul or Jesus did not ask any of the centurions/members of the military to leave the military then we must

RE: [TruthTalk] Christians and Violence

2004-06-27 Thread ShieldsFamily
I wonder how many more Jews (and others) would have died if every Christian refused to fight for them. Certainly America would still be an English colony if some Christians had not fought for independence here. Izzy I wonder how many Jewish lives pacifism would have cost if

RE: [TruthTalk] Exegetical Fallacies and Generational Sin

2004-06-27 Thread ShieldsFamily
Interesting websites, and interesting subject, Jonathan. But dont you think that generational curses (such as genetic imprinting of sinful behavior, for lack of a better way to put it) can be passed down from generation to generation? I believe you have children, and there is no bigger

[TruthTalk] Soul Ties

2004-06-27 Thread ShieldsFamily
Heres a question for you all. Do you believe there are such things a soul ties? If so, what are they, and how do they work? Izzy