Posted on 05/29/2005 2:29:02 PM PDT by CHARLITE
You are correct although I think it must have been his Grandfather. I believe his father committed suicide in the men's room of a Boston establishment (Hotel or Bar?). As for his wife, I believe the conversion happened at the marriage although that, too, may have been prior.
You can't use "New Testament for Dummies," or "The Apostle Cliff Notes," and expect to understand just what Christianity is and what it means to be Christian.
Knowing a few pithy quotations is not going to fool anyone.
Pelosi and Kennedy and the rest of the CINOs on Capitol Hill might want to re-read their Catechism before they take on the mantle of Christ.
In fact, taking on that mantle is one of the most humbling of things. It forces you TO BE HONEST with Yourself before God.
Oh, and one more thing, if they can't be honest with The God, they can't possibly be honest with themselves and never with anyone else.
I think you could be right! I guess we'll see what happens when they get really wound up with the Biblical use.
Christ said it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter Heaven. He was speaking of the belief these elitists cherish that they possess superiority and rectitude, when their deeds are financed through the confiscation of others' toil, and taxes. They should read about Lazarus and the rich man. God is not mocked. The wicked kings and queens in the Bible learned this the hard way.
Personal giving and charity is to be done without letting the right hand know what the left is doing. That's certainly the opposite of IRS extortion for the purpose of giving Viagra to sex offenders.
Their other favorite verse involves rendering to Caesar what is Caesar's.... These Democrats are truly desperate liars when they quote God's Word for their dispicable schemes.
Excuse me .. a Catholic does not a Christian make.
A Christian is a person who receives Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord - and denomination has nothing to do with it.
So sKerry and his "shove it" person may have "converted" to claiming they are Catholics .. but their conduct does not prove to me they are Christian in any sense of the word.
I'm not meaning to be argumentative here LB, but can you give me an example of same?
2 Thessalonians 3:10, Abcdefg's version "Them as don't work also don't eat."
Offhand, one example is when Jesus is tempted in the desert by the devil. The devil quotes scripture, but is rebuffed by Jesus (Luke 4, 9-13).
Astute observations charmingly delivered.
People can belong to any church. It's what they do while belonging that shows how they have been touched by God.
Seen a lot of shallow people who come out of Baptist, A of G, Catholic, Pentecostal and other churches...seen a lot of people that shine with the light of Christ out of the same churches.
But for those of us who believe, you really can't counterfeit it.
Not to butt-in, but Matt.4 v 6 is one of many examples.
My reading of the wilderness temptation is that Jesus quotes scripture to Satan, not the other way around. I'll keep trying to find an example, but it would contradict the Word of God which states that there is no truth in him (John 8:44). And since the Word is Truth (John 17:17), I'm guessing I'll find no examples of his quoting the truth.
Thanks, Wy.....I'm aware of his coming close in that one....but not a direct/correct quote from the original source. He has a nasty habit of leaving some things out, twisting a word or meaning, and/or wrapping a lie in the skin of the truth. I've noticed the same habit from lib/dems who like to "appropriate" God and His Word for political ends. Perhaps there is a relationship? ; )
Jesus does quote scripture to Satan, but in the verses I mentioned, Satan quotes scripture, too. Wycowboy is correct in that it occurs in (Matt 4, 6), too. Satan is using scripture for his own purposes (evil, of course).
That Satan is using the scripture doesn't make the scripture any more scandalous. It doesn't make Satan's intentions any purer, either. Enter Kerry, Dean, Pelosi, etc. with their intentions...
You go girl!! I think you 've just nailed it dead on.
"This Bible doesn't belong to Howard Dean!"
Check out #34.
A is John Kerry.
B is Arnold Palmer.
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