Posted on 04/09/2010 8:18:45 PM PDT by Steelfish
Edited on 04/09/2010 8:29:33 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- An Alabama evangelist who terrorized his family while impressing audiences at revivals was convicted Friday of murdering his wife and storing her body in a freezer for years.
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Well I don’t see it letting up so I plan on getting even bolder with the truth. It’s a bit like the heretics that are from several denominations stating that they are for Obama and that we need to have more ‘civility’ in the process. Just who is it that is uncivil? No conservative I know. If anything, we are exercising considerable restraint.
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So true
Thank you for making your convictions clear for all to see: that it’s insufficient to follow Jesus as His Apostles did, and that it’s necessary to belong to your particular church
you don’t seem to get it, it is not my church, it is not Rome’s church, it is Jesus’ church, the one that He founded, instructed his apostles to expand, and that He meant all mankind to follow.....that would ba the Catholic church.....you can name every protestant denomination in the world and every one of them would be only partially correct. ONLY Catholicism encompasses all that Christ intended His church to be. When Jesus founded His church, (Catholic), He promised her that she would be free from error and that He would be with Her until the end of time....He has done very well so far (never in error) and she remains the only true way of the cross.....you may vary in your course.....but you will never be on the correct road until you regain your position within the church.....You notice I said regain....if your Baptism was legitimate....you were baptized Catholic.....after all, it is the ONLY true Christian group on earth...therefore you are indeed a Catholic......Welcome home, see your local priest to regain your position on the road to Heaven
You wrote that the church that Jesus founded was “the Catholic church.”
Why do you need to add a qualifier to “church.” No, Jesus’ church is not “Catholic.” Jesus’ church is His church — the body of believers who’ve been adopted into His family.
I am really stunned by how you love your denomination more than you love the Savior, how you reject those who follow Christ because they’re not members of your branch of Christianity, how you defame as illegitimate my baptism into Christ because the ceremony was performed outside of your denomination.
Jesus is my high priest. I have no need for one of your denomination’s priests, whether he be a pedophile or otherwise.
Here’s a serious question: Do you love Jesus? Is He your Savior, and your Lord? If so, perhaps try harder to exalt Him, at the expense of all else. Do you know my denomination? No, you do not. Because I promote Jesus, not my denominational affiliation.
You wrote that the church that Jesus founded was “the Catholic church.”
Why do you need to add a qualifier to “church.” No, Jesus’ church is not “Catholic.” Jesus’ church is His church — the body of believers who’ve been adopted into His family.
I am really stunned by how you love your denomination more than you love the Savior, how you reject those who follow Christ because they’re not members of your branch of Christianity, how you defame as illegitimate my baptism into Christ because the ceremony was performed outside of your denomination.
Jesus is my high priest. I have no need for one of your denomination’s priests, whether he be a pedophile or otherwise.
Here’s a serious question: Do you love Jesus? Is He your Savior, and your Lord? If so, perhaps try harder to exalt Him, at the expense of all else. Do you know my denomination? No, you do not. Because I promote Jesus, not my denominational
Wow, you leap to conclusions and have no basis for doing so. Jesus did, in fact found and establish the Catholic Church.....think about it, in the year 807....was there any other Christian church than the Catholic church.....nope....the bible must have been written by someone.....the lutherans, the methodistd, the mormons, the adventists, the baptists, the church of the nazerine, the church of what’s happening now......No, it was the Catholic church who wrote, protected, recorded, copied, saved, and gave to you the gift of the bible.....say thanks.....no further adulation necessary. I don’t love my “denomination” (Catholicism is not a denomination....it is Christianity) more than the lord, but I know how to obey Christ. Catholicism is the only “religion” which follows the teachings of Christ to the letter.. A quick example......when Christ, at the last supper said “take this and eat, This is My Body”....He meant it, and Catholics believe it..Our eucharist is actually the body, blood, soul, and divinity of our Lord....to the protestants it is basically remembering what happened. How very sad, Jesus left us the Eucharist and the protestants turned it down......can you believe it?????
how you defame as illegitimate my baptism into Christ because the ceremony was performed outside of your denomination
never did I defame your baptism. I merely stated that if your baptism was legitimate, and I assume it was, then you are a Catholic. You see, one can only be baptized into Christianity. You can’t be baptized a Mormon, a muslim, a Buddhist, a shinto....nothing but a Christian.....Pay attention now....since there is only ONE Christian church, the Catholic church, you are a baptized Christial, therefore a Catholic.....welcome home
I will never go “home to Rome.”
My home is in heaven, with Christ my Savior, my Great High Priest.
The difference is that you see the Body of Christ as a physical thing under the umbrella of Rome. I see the Body of Christ as those who’ve been adopted into the family of God. You will never change, and I will never change, and so our continued conversation is pointless.
Now I’ll go and cherish the great sacrifice Christ offered to reconcile us with God, and you go eat your bloody meal.
Regarding the Roman Catholic “Eucharist” ...
That is a horrendous perversion of Scripture. Consider what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 11:23-29, for example. Paul identifies the elements as “bread” and “the new covenant in [Jesus’] blood.”
Yes, you profane the body and blood of the Lord when you take the elements in an unworthy manner, but those elements remain “bread” and “wine.” And we take that bread and wine “in remembrance” of Jesus’ sacrifice.
Who am I to disagree with Scripture? No, I will agree with Scripture, and, like Paul, consider the elements to be “bread” and “the new covenant in [Jesus’] blood.”
Yes, you profane the body and blood of the Lord when you take the elements in an unworthy manner, but those elements remain “bread” and “wine.” And we take that bread and wine “in remembrance” of Jesus’ sacrifice
no, no, no, that’s not what He said at all....do you remember fron fourth grade how to diagram a sentence???
here’s how it works.....”Do this in memory of me” this is an imperative sentence..when you diagram it, it accepts the pronoun “you” as the subject.....draw a line down through the horizontal line....next comes the word “do”....draw another line down TO the horizontal line....that indicates that the next word is the object of the sentence....”THIS” is the next word.....Jesus said “ YOU DO THIS” in memory of me......in memory was why you do THIS....that is consecrate the bread and wine into the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ
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