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The Neverending Story (The Christian Chronicles)
Associated Press ^ | 3/24/01

Posted on 03/30/2002 7:53:37 PM PST by malakhi

The Neverending Story
An ongoing debate on Scripture, Tradition, History and Interpretation.


Statesmen may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue. - John Adams

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To: ksen
How ya been?
52,181 posted on 05/07/2003 12:49:01 PM PDT by malakhi
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To: malakhi
Wow that looks good! Where do you get your info from?

Here's one for the rich boys.

White Mountains Insurance Grp

Last 383.00 Open 382.00

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., a mid-cap value company in the finance sector, is expected to significantly outperform the market over the next six months with very low risk.

StockScouter rating 9

BigMack
52,182 posted on 05/07/2003 12:55:16 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: malakhi
I'm good and busy. Work is busy. I finished a paper for school and got it back (A-) and I'm getting ready to go back for a class the week of May 19th.

Also trying to get accomodations set up for Entmoot in 2004. Everyone's coming into town and we're trying to rent out a beach house for the week.

Check it out. Only $2,300 for one week.

52,183 posted on 05/07/2003 12:58:14 PM PDT by ksen (HHD,FRM - Entmoot or bust)
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To: ksen
What is entmoot, and you just like this place cause it's "Coulter castle," right?

SD

52,184 posted on 05/07/2003 1:01:25 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave
Entmoot is what the folks over at the Hobbit Hole have decided to call our get together. We are getting together on the second weekend of January to visit with each other. We will eat lots of food and talk lots of talk and we will watch our favorite movie together and then we're renting out a theatre for a private viewing of The Return of the King.

I think it will be a fun time. I think we have about 12-15 people committed to going so far.

52,185 posted on 05/07/2003 1:11:54 PM PDT by ksen (HHD,FRM - Entmoot or bust)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Wow that looks good! Where do you get your info from?

Yahoo Finance

They have a lot of information on their own site, plus links to other financial sites.

52,186 posted on 05/07/2003 1:13:04 PM PDT by malakhi
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To: ksen; SoothingDave; Invincibly Ignorant; DouglasKC
Anyone going to see Matrix: Reloaded next week?
52,187 posted on 05/07/2003 1:32:48 PM PDT by malakhi
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To: malakhi
I probably won't be able to go until Memorial Day weekend.

I've seen X2 twice, once with each boy, and they had the Reloaded trailer at the beginning. Reloaded looks like it will be really good.
52,188 posted on 05/07/2003 1:34:32 PM PDT by ksen (HHD,FRM - Entmoot or bust)
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To: malakhi
My son and I have tickets for Thursday night. Should be great.
52,189 posted on 05/07/2003 1:35:38 PM PDT by drstevej
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To: malakhi
Anyone going to see Matrix: Reloaded next week?

I wanna see "A Mighty Wind"

SD

52,190 posted on 05/07/2003 1:37:11 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: malakhi
Anyone going to see Matrix: Reloaded next week?

Ya my 15 year old son says he is. He tells me what he's gonna do before I give him the money. Whatever happened to asking first? :-)

52,191 posted on 05/07/2003 1:48:07 PM PDT by Invincibly Ignorant (How's my posting? Call 1-800-eat-waste material)
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To: SoothingDave
I wanna see "A Mighty Wind"

Your wish is my command....

You may want to open a window....

52,192 posted on 05/07/2003 1:49:50 PM PDT by ksen (HHD,FRM - Entmoot or bust)
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To: ksen; drstevej
I'm looking forward to it. I'm gonna go out tonight and buy the DVD of the original so I can watch it before I see the second one. I just downloaded the trailer, and it looks pretty cool!
52,193 posted on 05/07/2003 1:52:42 PM PDT by malakhi
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To: malakhi
Were are gonna go see it next week.

Are we gonna start a real Investment Club, or just talk amoung each other?

How should we go about doing this, you're good at organizing, any ideas?

BigMack
52,194 posted on 05/07/2003 1:53:24 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: SoothingDave
Hey fathead :) you gonna go get the book and so what it says and come and invest with us?

BigMack
52,195 posted on 05/07/2003 1:56:48 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Hey fathead :) you gonna go get the book and so what it says and come and invest with us?

Why don't you just tell us what's in the book regarding insurances. I don't have time for a class. :-)

52,196 posted on 05/07/2003 2:02:06 PM PDT by Invincibly Ignorant (How's my posting? Call 1-800-eat-waste material)
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To: Invincibly Ignorant
Ya gotta go get the book, it will only take you one long eve to read the sections on insurance, after all the 500 page books ya been reading this will be nothing.

What kind of life ins do you have?

BigMack
52,197 posted on 05/07/2003 2:06:09 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
What kind of life ins do you have?

i don't think its term. I only got 250,000 thru Northwest Mutual.

52,198 posted on 05/07/2003 2:11:48 PM PDT by Invincibly Ignorant (How's my posting? Call 1-800-eat-waste material)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Hey fathead :) you gonna go get the book and so what it says and come and invest with us?

You gonna give me 25% guaranteed? Cause my 401k matches a quarter to each dollar I put in.

SD

52,199 posted on 05/07/2003 2:12:06 PM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: ventana
..JH-.failed to address a single scripture out of the 17 I had given you, so my study was a waste since they didn't seem to warrant a mention from you.

v. - I did specifically address one of your passages in James 1:12, perhaps you did not notice it was among the passages you had posted.

When you posted James 1:12, you were not commenting on the post I had used it on, #51,380, but it seems like you had just discovered it your self, and was answering my post # 51,381. You followed by saying,
v. - Thirdly look at this from James.

v. - I did not respond to each and every scripture because all 7 (outside of counting every verse of 1 Cor 9:17-27) were supporting the same point, which I feel is misguided.

So that only leaves 10 you ignored then, Okay.

v. - All of the theorizing about the various crowns is very creative, overlooking only one thing. All of these crowns are one crown, and one thing, the thing that Jesus promised us.

It’s very creative?…… Well I suppose that if I had no scripture to back it up, then you could call it simply creative, but I do have scripture, so it goes from being creative, to being scriptural. :-)

Sorry, your wrong again, Rev 19:12 tells us that Christ as the Lord of Lords and King of Kings, will be wearing MANY crowns, not just one.

Rev 19: 12. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

Now while none of us will be crowned like Christ, it follows that we will have more then one if we earned it. Is it not reasonable to believe that since more then one crown can be worn by Christ, shouldn’t it be the same with us? If we have earned two or three or more, they will be counted as each one a crown.


v. - Incorruptible Crown=Eternal Life Crown of Life=Eternal Life
Crown of Righteousness=Eternal Life
Crown for standing fast=Eternal Life
Crown of Rejoicing=Eternal Life I think James 1:12 makes that more than clear.
James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Hummmmmm, My Bible doesn’t have the words “=Eternal Life” written after them, probably a cheap Bible. :-)

It does look like you have found 6 different crowns though, and probably one of the prophets or the apostles will have all of them. Then again, maybe some nice little ol lady from Pasadena. Lol

Jesus made no promise of a Crown. What was the promise? Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. There it is, that's "The Crown." And how shall this be? James 1:12 tells you all you need to know: Because you resisted the world. And how shall this be? 1 Cor 9:27 tells you all you need to know: Because you kept "under your body" (resisted temptation). Because you kept running. So that you would not be Castaway/Reprobate/unapproved.

How you can find scripture telling us there will be at least 7 different crowns for 7 different rewards, then you turn right around and say there is only one crown, is beyond me.

Is your problem with receiving more then one crown because we Christians only have one head to put them on??? Now there’s a real mystery.

v. - And if I may be so bold as to argue your side. (other side speaks) "It says there, RIGHT THERE, that all you have to do is believe!" (other side finishes speaking, for that is the entire argument)

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

v. - By all means believe Him. Believe every word He told you. Believe a book filled to overflowing about resisting sin, and being sent out into the fields to work, and about putting on his yoke. Believe his apostles exhorting to all who would listen to resist, to endure, and to run. But don't believe it when someone tells you that once you are saved you are always saved, because that's not scriptural.

There you go again, intimating that Christians who believe in eternal salvation don’t believe in good works, where did you read or hear such nonsense? What good works do Catholics do to earn their salvation, that we don’t do simply because we love God?

Please get your facts straight, we differ from you because we read so many scriptures that tell us such things as Phlip 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

I believe that what Christ told us was true, and I don’t believe we’ll ever hear a “yehh butt” from Him over scripture such as John 3:16, or as above. He made a simple statement, that anyone who believed in Him would not perish, but would be saved, no qualifying statements or follow ups.

I believe in Him with my whole being, I qualify under His own requirement, and I’ll be in Gods kingdom unless Christ lied to me.

Can you picture Christ saying, …..Sorry, that was just a sales promotion gimmick for that week, it no longer applies, its much more complicated then that now? If believing in the Son of God will not save me, then I am indeed lost.

JH :-)

52,200 posted on 05/07/2003 2:30:31 PM PDT by JHavard (I know what it clearly says, now read my 14 page rebuttal. :-)----)
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