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Old Rivers

If anyone should ever write my life story For whatever reason there might be You'll be right there between each line of pain and glory

Do You Believe In Magic?---Lovin' Spoonful

Keep on making "noise", Roy!! Have a great birthday.

In The Ghetto-----------Elvis There's a man who lives a life of danger.

Close enough for me.It's My Boy Lollipop by Millie Small.Here it is.---(She's cute as a button!)

Still no takers? Here's some more. "You make my heart go giddy-up. You set my world on fire. You are my one desire."

WordWolf In light of your post, I would like to reiterate something I've said here before. One of my biggest disappointments with the Fellow Laborer program was its failure to deliver an in-depth study of The Book of Acts. One of the major promotions for the program was the promise of an in-depth academic and practical study of The Book of Acts. When we would inquire about that issue, we would be told that revelation was constantly changing and that there was a more serious urgency to our times that needed to be addressed. This was, of course, during the time when all the conspiracy theories were running rampant. In other words, each teaching was supposedly relevant to that particular time and place.(ie; the years surrounding the Bicentennial) I'm sure there are people who will question why we didn't simply undertake a study on our own. The simple answer to that is that we were scarcely even given time to "read The Word" much less embark on a special study project. Add to that, we were supposed to be reading from Ephesians on a daily basis. It's easy for someone who wasn't there to look at it and say "You should have done this." or "You should have done that." Back then it was about as clear as mud what we should or shouldn't have been doing.

I'm not quite sure why you feel a need to "spiritualize" a simple explanation of the organizational structure. However, since that appears to be the approach you choose to take, the program was supposed to replicate life in the first century church.(ie: The Book of Acts)

Bride Yes, your point regarding popular usage is well taken. Here is an excerpt from Raf's "Actual Errors In PFAL" ------------------------------------------------------------------- Error 17 In PFAL: Wierwille writes, "The first word in II Timothy 2:15 is ‘study.' The very first thing a person must do to rightly divide the Word is study. He is not told to study commentaries or secular writers; he must study The Word." In truth: The word "study" in II Timothy 2:15 would more accurately be translated "endeavor." It does not mean "study" in the way Wierwille uses it. The NIV translates it "do your best." So does the Contemporary English Version. The New Living Translation renders it "work hard." Discussion: Wierwille is deliberately using a mistranslated word to prove his point. The point itself is valid: studying God's Word is a good thing. But that is not the point of that particular word. The strange thing is, Wierwille knows this. His chapter on "Study: Be Diligent" in The Bible Tells Me So makes that clear. So why allow the mistake to remain? If the accuracy of the Bible is such a big deal, why rely on an inaccurate translation to make your point? --------------------------------------------------------------------------

You are as sweet as candy. You are my sugar dandy * * I love you, I love you, I love you so But I don't want you to know. I need you, I need you, i need you so And I'll never let you go.

Jailhouse Rock-----------Elvis

I don't recognize this one. ------------------------------- edited for silliness

Wouldn't you think this stuff would have at least been covered in Basic Keys To Research? Well, I have the silly-bus right here in front of me and it's nowhere to be found. Hmmm.--- There is a hand written admonition to avoid Bullinger's How To Enjoy The Bible unless it is used for a specialized study and only if it agrees with what is taught in BKTR.(Per the class instructor) Ha!---Here's another note. "Avoid Harmony of the Synoptic Gospels/ Harmony of Samuel, Kings, Chronicles/ Harmony of Lives of Moses and Paul. They are PI and have no value." I can't believe I even stayed awake long enough to get that much.

Yes It will be 38 years since the Kent State incident on Sunday, May 4th

Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming

Suite For Judy Blue Eyes--- Crosby Stills and Nash

Kinda makes ya wonder why anyone would defend and exalt them.(The abusers) Maybe that's how VP came to be thought of as a king. His worshipers seated him on a throne so the eyes of scrutiny would be diverted from themselves.

So you see, there's the difference. You are aware of the risks. The people who Weird-Wolf injured and damaged very likely didn't think they would be facing any "risks" by entrusting their well being to a man that turned out to be a callous, drunken, sexually deviant, delusional huckster. Shame on them. It's all their fault.

Hi, Bride My point in posting that was merely to illustrate that Wierwille and LCM were not the originators of this theory or the Khazar theory nor did they get them by some special revelation from God. It's also a known fact that Wierwille had direct ties to groups that fall under the "Identity Christian" umbrella. What Wierwille basically did was take obscure things from other sources and pretend he got them via a special hot line he had to God when, in fact, he got some of them from a hot line he had to White Supremacy groups. The guy was a con-man and he used God as his shill.

I'm sure the guy who carelessly runs a red light in front of your motorcycle will take comfort in knowing it's not really his fault 'cause he didn't mean to kill anybody.

Wierwille built an entire organization by deliberately misrepresenting the meaning of the handful of scriptures he used as the foundation of his "ministry". Start with John 10:10, if you want, and ask yourself if Wierwille didn't perhaps take it out of context and give it a meaning that isn't really there. The sole purpose of Jesus's life was to insure a really cool life for us in the here and now? Sounds a bit far fetched and simplistic to me. Then, move on to II Timothy 3:16 and ask yourself honestly if this is really God's exhortation to us to make "study" the focal point of our lives or just a gimmick to enlist us in an endless procession of classes. (Especially so, when you consider that the word "study" is an inaccurate translation to begin with.) Next, move on to II Peter 1:20 and read it in its true context. Maybe even do one of those wacky sentence diagram exercises that we older folks remember from grade school and see what the subject of this passage is. Now, some people will say "it wasn't written in English!" Maybe not but it was TAUGHT to us in English using the conventions of the English language. Yeah, he put it all together, alright, in a way that suited his own agenda.

If you willfully manipulate the thoughts and actions of someone who is mentally ill, you must also share responsibility for the results. Let me give you a "fer instance", Oldies. Suppose you, as an Advanced Class grad, tell someone that you know to be psychiatric patient with suicidal tendencies about being "born of the wrong seed" and explain the permanence of it. Now suppose you tell that same person that you think their problems are the result of their being of "the wrong seed". Do you then share any responsibility for their subsequent suicide? Or is it all their own fault because they were, after all, mentally ill?

I don't recall anyone saying they "commanded" it. Your hero was a charlatan. (and a cold hearted one at that.)