Re: [TruthTalk] Indianapolis police jail street preachers for saying t he name of Jesus Christ

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On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 13:02:29 -0400 "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >the vision they have that  believers ought to stand up for >their faith   yeh, but this could be any system's vision--including Mormon religion; whereas the biblical Gospel exclusive to/by JCs followers proclaims Christ; all of them willingly undertake his 'cross' and 'character'; salvation is in Christ, alone--by faith in him   so, to try to enlist preachers to persuade people that they 'ought to stand up for their faith' really has nothin' to do with the NT/JC; the police/politicians seem to hate it; the Mormons seem to love it   e.g., Izzy is sincere/ly decisively political in her views of JC--the one who is kin to GWB in her mind rather than to BC, of course--ftr, it don't matter to me, Iz:) but this attitude is due (IMO) to the blinding influence of (unnecessary) pre-eminent political choices on the (person's) theological 'vision'   but JC is not tainted, not a Republican, not a Liberal, not an earthly king, not a philosopher, not a monk, not a pre-Latter Day saint, not Brown Shirt or member of the Clan, whatever   acc to the Bible (not the BoM, US Constitution, papal catechesis, Little Red Book, Mein Kampf, etc.) the Lord is foremost a humble sacrificial Lamb who serves God as the Shepherd of his chosen flock--read/preach his preaching on the nature of his shed blood and people can be saved/cleansed from their sin/s!   i think that's about all i know or really care about 'the truth' (in a nutshell<vbg>) (and that two son's of mine are waiting patiently, so far<rof> for me to take 'em to lunch or else...<x666!>   later, g