Dolores L wrote:
I was on facebook and afew minutes ago a notice pops up saying, that the NSA had just that very moment intercepted a terrorist attack plot through their surveliance..makes it better for me to see it's really helping..I'm not worried for myself because I have nothing to hide..if it saves lives then it's ok with me but don't abuse it!

Bible Helps wrote:
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WCF 8/1. It pleased God, in his eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, his only-begotten Son, to be the Mediator between God and man, the Prophet, Priest, and King; the Head and Saviour of his Church, the Heir of all things, and Judge of the world; unto whom he did, from all eternity, give a people to be his seed, and to be by him in time redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified.
2. The Son of God, the second person in the Trinity, being very and eternal God, of one substance, and equal with the Father, did, when the fulness of time was come, take upon him man’s nature ....

John Yurich USA wrote:
Have you heard of Obama attending mosque at anytime? Obama ceased being a Muslim when he was Baptized in the United Church of Christ.

If nothing else, he has gall. The man who more than most despises the Constitution, and bypasses it when he needs to get his way, says others have contempt for it? Amazing.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
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I would suggest that you look over this chart about murders committed by youth by country, Murders committed by youths (most recent) by country. The U.S. is ranked 3rd, way high on the list like most Catholic countries, oh Israel is #69 on the list. If you want to blame anything, blame the Romish Church,
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Jim Lincoln wrote:
It does? the guys will want to watch this one several times to make sure what she really said. Miss Alabama on NSA Prism Scandal (Yes, properly attired). Now there's a Southern Belle that would get my vote!
Something more staid to look at, Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic. What isn't amusing is the partisan split with Americans. Apparently if it's acceptable or not depends what party the President belongs to.

John Yurich USA wrote:
If I refrain from participation in the unscriptural parts to the Mass then I am not giving credit and merit to the unscriptural parts to the Mass. I have never stated that one who is Born Again can attend a church that does not worship Jesus as God....or any other religous organization that does not worship Jesus as God. It would be wrong for one who is Born Again to attend a religous organization that does not worship Jesus as God. One who is Born Again should only attend a church that worships Jesus as God. And the Catholic Church has always worshipped Jesus as God.

"If I refrain from eating the leavened parts of the loaf, then I am not giving credit and merit to the leavened parts of the loaf. It would be wrong to attend a church where no loaf at all is served. A believer should only attend a church where the loaf is served. The Catholic church has always served the loaf."

1 Corinthians 5:6
"Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?"

wonderfulsalvation wrote:
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Mike
Have you time to listen to the two sermons (free downloads)
Regeneration - a New Disposition
Volume 2 — #7901
The New Birth
Volume 2 — #7902
Both are sound biblical exposition of Holy Scripture re: Regeneration and worth hearing. Would be interested at what you find amiss in either and trust they would be edifying
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CV wrote:
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Mike from New York
Your convoluted logic only gets better with every post.

John UK wrote:
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I am getting to like John Gill's commentary more and more. He was pastor of the same church as Ingleesi 100 years previously.

Ewdon wrote:
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First God calls and regenerates the sinner - then God provides faith.
Man can use all the human faculties he wants but none will enable him to discern the spiritual truth.
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Jim Lincoln wrote:
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Most of the crooks have been Republicans (Yes, there have been Demos like Jesse Jackson Jr., as the latest example). But if Republicans want to win elections, they're going to have to think about what Dole said, Dole to GOP: Get some new ideasOne novel idea for the GOP is honesty in politics. They could keep many of their old ideas and win, if they adopted this idea.

Ignoring Scripture wrote:
No amount of Scriptural proof will change John for Jesus' thinking. He is exercising his free to fulfill the follow passage (I Corinthians 14:38) "But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant"

you got the order all mixed up wrote:
John for Jesus it is regeneration before faith not faith before regeneration. That is where you are having an issue.
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Jim Lincoln wrote:
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Oh, P.R.I.S.M. was Baby Bush's idea -- Your hero.

Tiswell wrote:
Mike. Are you afraid of 'hate' being the alternative here?
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I can find 'hate' in Scripture many times in opposition with love. But guess what I cannot find 'indifferent' in Scripture.
"If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you." Jn 15:18
= Should this be 'indifferent' too?
"He that hateth me hateth my Father also" Jn 15:23
= "indifference" again???
Love is a powerful emotion and Christian love is only from God.
Hate is equally powerful and opposite love.
Indifference is neither here nor there and is not the opposite to love.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
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Link: "NSA director says surveillance programs thwarted ‘dozens’ of attacks"

From the link:
"President Obama last week said he would welcome a public debate over the surveillance, saying Americans will have to sacrifice some privacy for the sake of security"

Tiswell wrote:
No.
Jesus states
"He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad" Matthew 12:30.

reminder wrote:
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Just a reminder to John UK and Frank - pilgrims joined at the hip. Unscriptural amount of favouritism shown to each other on this site.
Which MODERATOR is abuse. All Christians esp. moderators of sites should read 'The Subtle Power of Spiritual abuse" You two are classics.

Curious wrote:
The verse says the carnal mind is enmity not that this is how God views it whether it is or not!!
And if we follow your ridiculous logic Romans 1.30 must be utter nonsense when it says that sinners are 'haters of God"!!

Curious wrote:
Romans 8.7
What does 'enmity' mean?

Tiswell wrote:
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The opposite to this God given power of love is hate governed by sin in the mortal.