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If you're avoiding their pricing structure because you think you can "beat them at their own game", I may have some bad news for you. They do this day in and day out and know every trick in the book. They are there to make money. Plain and simple. They have months long waiting lists of potential buyers. If you don't buy the car, someone else will be more than happy to jump in and buy it instead. Their new car prices go up every day. Your trade-in value goes down every day. Repair part prices and labor go up every day. How important is it to you to know you won't be saddled with repair costs and inconveniences for the foreseeable future because you'll be covered by warrantees? Contrary to popular belief, car dealers don't make much profit on new cars, so there isn't a lot of wiggle room. They make their money on financing (and used cars). If you just feel a need to haggle, then haggle over financing terms. edit: Offering to pay in cash is your worst option. The dealer knows he'll lose on financing and you, in turn, lose an opportunity to build your credit score.

Good luck with that.

TWI currently hosts 2 separate festivals. One is called The Rock and the other is called The Hard Place. Due to leadership's inability to decisively promote one event over the other, most current followers find themselves caught between a Rock and a Hard Place. (I'll show myself out.)

In retrospect, when I think of my time in TWI, I think of it as more of a survival experience than a belonging experience. It may have started out with a promise of belonging, but as expectations and responsibilities multiplied, I felt more and more like I was in survival mode. Here's another way to look at it: When you finally realized you had severed your ties, did you feel a sense of loss for what you were once a part of -OR- did you feel a sense of relief to be gone? (Yeah, I know you can never completely sever you ties, Bolshevik. That puts you in a position that comes with its own set of unique complexities.)

To quote The Moody Blues: "Isn't life strange?"

Little Bunny Foo Foo, hoppin' through the forrest.

Until, one day, as you're all alone, you happen to pause, look in the mirror and, suddenly, like a burst of electrical energy, the situation becomes surreal.. And you wonder, "Who have I become?" and "How did I get here?" Like waking up in the heat of a terrible dream. A tiny glimpse of light in the exit doorway has appeared.

Compliance through peer pressure. "Oh, now we ALL have to run just because YOU __________ "...(fill in the blank) Pretty successful tactic... for Army basic training. What place does it have in Christian leadership training?

I'm glad you asked. Do you know any sinners who are not saints?

Correct me if I'm wrong. Did he not also say, in the PFAL class, that the law of believing "works for saint and sinner alike."? "Why, if I were a bettin' man, I'd wager"... you'll find a way to reconcile these contradictions.

Apparently you're not familiar with the SSV (Sesame Street Version).

This one time, there were no parking spots at the mall. I drove back around and spoke in tongues and....BAM!!...Just like that, an empty spot appeared.

This right here.

Mike, this is not a "gotcha". If you have scripture to support your claim, now would be the time to post it. If you don't, then simply accept that it's not based on any scriptural evidence. Or, as my Dad used to say, "Poop or get off the potty chair.".

And you somehow know I didn't? What is the scriptural basis?

Is there scriptural basis for excellor sessions?

The Green Card said the class would enable us to overcome our fears. Was this false advertising?

Why would they have to "develop" fluency if God gave the utterance?

Syntax. A real language needs syntax, the element that was painfully lacking in speaking in tongues..

They do have some rather....uhhm...interesting merchandise for sale.

I was thinking the class is better depicted in Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights.

...causing him to realize the gravity of the incident.

The reliability of eyewitness testimony would suggest this is not the case.

Of these 3 choices, looking at it as a list of actual events would be the most easily proven to be a mistake.

Shhhhh! Not so loud. If you're lucky they'll just think it's just the cat wandering about.