Hubby and I snickered today as we held hands & put our arms around each other during our church service. Then we looked over and seen that the pastor had his arm around his wife! I sure hope no one was stumbled by all that PDA!
Saoirse
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November 15 Watchtower (Study Edition) - discourages showing affection to your spouse
by CrazyBlonde inanother gem from the same edition - article to be studied december 28 - january 3 (which most will miss lol coz of summer vacation) entitled "what do your prayers say about you?
" page 6 para 19 reads:.
19 when we are being represented in public prayer, we need to display reverential "fear of god.
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Starting to write here after reading for years
by deep-blue-sea ini decided to join the group though im reading this forum since years now.
i almost know you all....by nickname i mean..... my husband joined you a few years ago already.
but i do not feel so free of speech because english is not my mother tongue, but i read a lot english books, have some relations with english speaking people, have a nice friend who is active on this forum and very known (because of her discoveries), so i will try to do my best.
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Saoirse
Welcome Claudia and Chris.
Claudia, your English is fine. Please don't be afraid to post.
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Question for Evangelicals: Are JWs Going to Hell?
by leavingwt infor current christian evangelicals.
according to your denomination's teachings, will the jws go to hell when they die?
yes or no, with as much explanation as you'd like.. .
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Does that include people who are "truly seeking God" through a religion other than Christianity, or through no religious group at all?
A religious group is not required. What is required is a relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Saoirse
I heard that it's going to cost Rio $14 billion to host the Olympics. They said they plan to redo the area - I don't know if they are tearing down or fixing up the slums but that definitely needs to be done. I hope they will be spending some of that to help the slum dwellers and not just knock down buildings like China.
Rio definitely deserves it since South America has never hosted the Olympics before. Brazil has actually done well despite the economic crisis that has affected everyone else. They are probably one of the few countries that can actually afford the Olympics right now.
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MY BROTHER-IN-LAW HAS DIED
by Mary inthis is one post i had always hoped i would never have to do, but after a long and brave battle, my beloved brother in law has died.
i have done a couple of threads on this in the past, so many of you know the battles he was facing.
he had been diagnosed earlier this year with myelodysplastic syndrome and the mortality rate of this disease is quite high.
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Saoirse
I'm so sorry for your loss. You're in my prayers.
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Question for Evangelicals: Are JWs Going to Hell?
by leavingwt infor current christian evangelicals.
according to your denomination's teachings, will the jws go to hell when they die?
yes or no, with as much explanation as you'd like.. .
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Let's say a JW is a 100% true believer and they think that "only WT is God's organization" and they believe that all other religions are from the Devil.Is there a possibility that this person will go to Heaven when they die? In other words, will they benefit from Grace, in spite of their beliefs?
Devotion to a religious organization does not equal salvation. If that JW puts the WT before Jesus (which they are doing if they believe that theirs is the only true religion) or if they believe that they need both the WT AND Jesus, then according to the bible, they are in danger of not going to heaven. The bible says Jesus is the ONLY way. It doesn't matter how good you are or how sincere you are if you put something else in place of or equal to Jesus.
God showed grace to us by giving us His son so that humans would have the opportunity to chose salvation. He now requires only one thing from us to receive salvation - confess you're a sinner, accept Jesus as your saviour and follow Him. God already did His part, it's now up to us to make the choice.
I'm wondering if you meant to ask, according to our beliefs, would a true Christian even attend a KH?
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Sorry VIII! I wanted Rio but I didn't expect Chicago to be eliminated in the 1st round. Esp. with Obama flying over there. Wow.
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Question for Evangelicals: Are JWs Going to Hell?
by leavingwt infor current christian evangelicals.
according to your denomination's teachings, will the jws go to hell when they die?
yes or no, with as much explanation as you'd like.. .
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Did anyone see the South Park episode where the guy went to hell and said "but I was a devout Jehovah's Witness!"
Well, yes and no.
I don't believe that belonging or not belonging to a religious group will save you from hell or send you to hell. John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." The bottom line is, it's your faith in Jesus that saves you, not where you attend, don't attend, or how 'good' you are.
I believe that if someone is truly seeking God they will find him no matter where they live or what religious group they're in . Deut. 4: 29 says "But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. " Salvation is between each individual and God. Every person will stand ALONE before God on judgement day. Your denomination can not be used as your defense. Religion is simply mans way of doing God; your religious choice won't save you. That's why it's important to "be a Berean" and examine what you are taught and not rely on a religious leader who may turn out to be a false teacher.
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Godly hair or ungodly hair ??
by caliber ini just recently grew a goatee mainly to balance off my face due to the thin hair on my head.. the style is similar to one of these... this scriptural idea is used to discourage jw's from growing facial hair.. except a mustache .... 1 peter 3:3 whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel.
4 but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of god of great price.
what are your thoughts serious or humorous ???.
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An Elder from bethel told us goatee's were "phalic" it represented the female v------
I don't even know how to respond to that. Who actually looks at a man's goatee and sees a v____ ? It's frightening that he's in a position of authority...
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My biggest problem with Chicago is that this will cost the US taxpayers $4 billion. At best, they could hope to make $100 million. That doesn't seem worth the risk to me. Atlanta & Calgary both lost money. Why would Chicago be any different? In this economy, who is actually going to buy tickets & travel to Chicago? The US already has economic problems and is severely in debt. We don't need to waste more money on what is essentially a scam on the taxpayers. Look into Obama's best buddy Valerie Jarrett & what companies she is involved in. Then look and see who the companies are that have bids in to build the Olympic Village. Do you think Obama would be flying to Copenhagen if his friend (and possibly he himself) didn't stand to make money off of this?
I admit Vienna hotdogs are the bomb though. It's worth the trip just to get one of those.