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I was conversing with a friend recently, discussing the issue of preachers among us walking away from holiness and Apostolic doctrine. He made the statement, “Their ‘revelation’ today is building a prison that their children will inhabit tomorrow.”
This statement brought to mind a sobering story heard recently.
Pastor Doug White, from Silsbee, Texas was approached by a father/son team in his church about a ‘job opportunity’ that was presented to them. The Dad is a foreman on large construction jobs, and he was given a proposal to manage a large project …
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The Vatican has announced that bone fragments found in a church crypt may be the remains of the Apostle Paul.
Pope Benedict XVI has announced the bone fragments were found in a tomb beneath the floor of Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside-The-Walls.
Benedict said the bones, which were found inside a stone sarcophagus under the floor of the basilica, confirmed church thinking that they are the remains of the Apostle Paul.
Vatican scientists said recent carbon dating tests run on the fragments confirmed they had come from the first or second century.
The …
In reference to the following news story…
http://news.softpedia.com/news/St-Apostle-Paul-Remains-Found-41948.shtml
It’s in the news. The Catholics say they’ve found the “Apostle St. Paul” … I didn’t know he was lost.
They found his bones. But will they also find his message?
They found his remains. But will they search for his gospel?
If those bones could live … my how they would speak.
In my estimation, I think “our” problem (I say ‘our’ for the sake of generality) is not that we don’t want the lost to be saved, but rather we don’t want to lose folks from our churches to neighboring congregations. Everyone that has lost a saint to a neighbor church has at least some slight tinge of apprehension when another church moves into “their” city. A larger issue is that of a lack of ministerial ethics, in these cases. Oh, there are more reasons, too… fear, inadequacy, slothfulness, history, and …
On June 1, 2009, Barack Obama made history yet again by proclaiming June as National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride month. This disgusting act of defiance against the will of the American people and against the word of God places this president in a terrifying position… and by proxy the country we live in.
God, help the United States of America.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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