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This mom quit porn to become a preacher
New York Post ^ | March 8, 2017 | Natalie Musumeci

Posted on 03/08/2017 9:45:50 AM PST by Gamecock

This New York mom has gone from porn star to the pulpit. Crystal Bassette, 33, ditched her lucrative career in the porn industry and her lavish Los Angeles lifestyle to become a church pastor in the small town of Fulton, New York.

“It is definitely the ultimate change. It’s going from one extreme to the next. I had to get away from this whole life,” Bassette told Barcoft Media, referring to her 10-year stint doing porn.

She said, “The day I was saved, I felt like the preacher was just speaking to me directly. It was like he was preaching to only me and you know that day I felt God was talking to me through his preaching and everything he said felt right.”

When Bassette left the porn industry she went to college to become a paralegal and trained as a pastor.

Soon after marrying David, the two founded their own church together called New Beginnings Christian Life where they hope to inspire others.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: Gamecock

Televangelist Gene Scott's wife Melissa, who took over his ministry after he died of cancer, was a porn star that went by the name Barbie Bridges.

She blew a considerable sum from the church coffers getting those videos destroyed.

21 posted on 03/08/2017 10:04:15 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: sparklite2

Are there really people who eat desert first?

Why?

When I am stuffed to the gills it always seems you can add a couple of spoons of something sweet


22 posted on 03/08/2017 10:05:23 AM PST by Mr. K (Go Trump!)
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To: Gamecock

FR has strayed so far from its roots.

TTIUWP


23 posted on 03/08/2017 10:06:17 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC.)
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To: Londo Molari

“In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Jesus Luke 5:10

If the angels in heaven are rejoicing, we should too. It is interesting that the next thing Jesus does is tell the story of the Prodigal Son, which includes the story of the brother who does not rejoice when his wayward brother returns home to his father.


24 posted on 03/08/2017 10:07:02 AM PST by Nevadan
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To: Mr. K

He told me it was because he was afraid he might not have room for dessert if he ate the meal first. So he ate dessert first.


25 posted on 03/08/2017 10:07:05 AM PST by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

There. Fixed it.

26 posted on 03/08/2017 10:07:16 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

More at source, all of which are SFW. Some are obviously Before and some are After, but none will shock the wife.


27 posted on 03/08/2017 10:08:31 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC.)
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To: Gamecock

Ten years in porn and she has to be getting a bit long in the tooth. Still, if she has found the Lord then all blessings are upon her.

I struggle with the notion of women pastors. While the Bible suggests women should be silent, the first person the Lord encountered after His resurrection was Mary Magdaline whom He instructed to go and tell evryone. I’m thinking that means its OK.


28 posted on 03/08/2017 10:08:45 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: Poison Pill

$300,000 per year gets you a house in Malibu and 7 cars including a Ferrari? Something doesn’t quite add up.


$300k TAXABLE...


29 posted on 03/08/2017 10:08:48 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: dirtymac

THAT, is an over simplification and not entirely true. If it were, Paul wouldn’t have made such a big deal about sexual sin in particular.


30 posted on 03/08/2017 10:10:36 AM PST by TheGunny
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To: Gamecock

Bassette – who has been featured in more than 100 adult films, making over $300,000 a year – turned to the life of porn as a means to support her son Justin after she became pregnant with him at 16.

Shades of Traci Lords! She started porn at 16? Thats a bit illegal, innit?


31 posted on 03/08/2017 10:11:22 AM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: Uncle Miltie

for someone so guilty she is certainly NOT GUILTY


32 posted on 03/08/2017 10:12:11 AM PST by Mr. K (Go Trump!)
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To: TheGunny

That is not an oversimplification. Forgiveness of sin is just that forgiveness.


33 posted on 03/08/2017 10:16:07 AM PST by dirtymac
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To: Gamecock

Praise God.


34 posted on 03/08/2017 10:17:28 AM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Gamecock

Let’s just say that if Carly Fiorina ever has a movie made about her, this lady could play a younger version of Carly.
They both have long faces and lean athletic builds.
Make up, lighting and attitude can change the entire impression.


35 posted on 03/08/2017 10:17:34 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Fido969

Sam Kinison washed out as a preacher, too.


36 posted on 03/08/2017 10:17:53 AM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Governor Dinwiddie; Psalm 73
I remember when Jane Fonda was "saved" a few years ago. How'd that work out?

Christians know that there is a test for who is a true Christian and who is not....

37 posted on 03/08/2017 10:18:21 AM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: dirtymac

If you look elsewhere in scripture it says the greatest sin is unbelief. So sins do not carry equal weight.

“Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin” (Mark 3:28).


38 posted on 03/08/2017 10:19:15 AM PST by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Good story on Jane ......

https://cruxnow.com/faith/2016/02/03/jane-fonda-christianity-with-an-asterisk/

No. She’s not perfect. But I am happy for her. Thankfully, we have a forgiving and merciful God.


39 posted on 03/08/2017 10:19:58 AM PST by boycott
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To: Gamecock
Neeeeever heard of her.

And why is it that any female who does porn films is automatically labeled a "porn star"?

40 posted on 03/08/2017 10:20:42 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Good judgement comes from experience. And experience? Well, that comes from poor judgement.)
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