Connor wrote:
Jim I hope you're doing well this evening, just thought I'd tell you that I'm praying for you. God bless.

Dave wrote:
Where from the Koran

Jim Lincoln wrote:
Thankfully we Christians don't have to go through the tribulation. [URL=http://www.raptureready.com/rr-pre-trib-rapture.html]]]Defending The Pre-trib Rapture[/URL]

Jim Lincoln wrote:
The public school system is adequate for food service era which we are in now. but, if you want to call the information age, then we have to catch up with the other countries and introduce something like common core to catch up with them. one of the few sensible ideas that Jeb Bush has.

“What would you suggest our legal system do with abortion, homosexuality, greed, feminism and apostates?”

All biblical crimes are sins, but not all sins are biblical crimes. So, for example, beastiality and murder are death penalty crimes, but drunkenness and greed warrant no penalty. The penalty offenses assume witnesses and due process.

“The Jewish nation had a Sanhedrin that determined the death penalty and this Sanhedrin was originally designed to comply with God’s demands; not societal demands.”

Don’t forget the city elders and the pre-king Judges.

“God never instituted the judicial aspect of His laws in foreign lands, but only among His people.”

Jim Lincoln wrote:
Marty, one reason I put up the commentary, (I hope it's accurate) because it does shows that he's a literate, intelligent man. I would hope that it demonstrates how he is thinking. I seriously doubt that anyone here would agree with everything he said. Without being personally critical, I wouldn't agree with everything that is said there (Some of the comments to the piece were interesting) but Christians for one would say all morality comes from God, and again the sermon, [URL=http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=118121637304]]]The Inadequacy of Moralism[/URL] should be listened to.

Christopher000 wrote:
This story also reminded me of what's been coined as the "House of Horrors" in Blackstone, MA, a few miles from me. Three childrens, fully clothed corpses were found dead and hanging in plastic bags in a closet. The home was covered in feces, and filled with dead animals in freezers, etc. The house looked normal, and was within feet of the police station but nobody ever had a clue. The home was gutted for weeks by crews in contamination suits but even after being gutted, the structue was so contaminated that they decided to demolish it a few weeks ago. The living children were covered in feces and lice, and the deceased children are still being investigated as nobody even knew if their existance. You would think this woman would be some crazed lunatic who couldn't communicate, lived in an alternate universe, etc, but she seemed normal with a seemingly normal Facebook page, she sold jewelry, etc. I just don't get what drives some into such darkness.

This topic is sobering and miserable. We know God loves life. We know that God is perfectly good and just. We know Satan is a murderer and hates those created in God's image. I agree we don't want to justify abortion, child-killing by saying that it's a quick ticket into heaven. The Bible doesn't explicitly talk about this topic, probably for a good reason.

It hardly seems appropriate to talk about this when reading about a toddler being tortured and murdered. SermonAudio gives us the opportunity to discuss election frequently. I don't see the point in talking about it over this sweet child's corpse.

Gary Becker created a helpful equation in predicting crime. It takes into account the value of the crime (and probability of success) and balances it against the risk aversion of the individual times the chance of getting catch and the likely punishment. Obviously, it's not flawless, because people are irrational at times.

In the modern world, children are made to be an expense, not an asset. Additionally, taking care of a child carries a lot of non-monetary costs (e.g. lost of leisure time).

Plugging that into the equation, I can understand why abortion laws are unhelpful. Why shouldn't fallen people pursue abortions? The punishments are usually nominal.

Neil wrote:
But neither does one owner have the right to loot some assets of his partner(s) after he chooses to leave.

Neil wrote:
Even *if* the South had the right to secede, which stands upon a disputable matter of vocabulary in the Articles of Confederation & the Constitution Preamble, they still had no good reason to secede before Lincoln even took office.

Otherwise, I take no issue with anything else you wrote thereafter.

Neil wrote:
Rubbish; Alan Guelzo, a prominent Lincoln scholar, refutes that nonsense:
www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/02/abraham-lincoln-was-not-the-father-of-big-government
Mike, Lincoln was right: “Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.”

Jim Lincoln wrote:
Well, Mike of NY., I suggest that you read some of the articles that my URLs point to, as I would also point out the one I just put up in the thread, "GOP Establishment Blames Tea Party for Election Failures" The Mad Hatter Tea Party group will no doubt lead to the election of another Democratic President, with the title Madame President. President Obama doesn't have to give a hoot if he is toxic to a fraction of the Republicans, [URL=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/29/sam-s-club-republicans-vs-the-tea-party.html]]]Sam’s Club Republicans Vs. the Tea Party[/URL], the Mad Hatter's Tea Party is toxic to the rest of us.
Republicans are going to have to make up their minds are they going after social issues (though note: [URL=http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=118121637304]]]The Inadequacy of Moralism[/URL] ) or economic issues, they might be able to win on one platform or the other, but I really doubt both, that is just too much for the electorate to swallow.

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=970610328

Jim Lincoln wrote:
A Hispanic Canadian? What's this he finally found an area nutty enough to accept his crackpot ideas?
Actually, Nebraska has imported carpet-baggers to be politicians, I'm not sure why Republicans had to import one from New Orleans to be my Congressional delegate. He is certainly a loyal son of the Romish Church (Oh, by the way I'm thoroughly against the Romish Church, remember, [URL=http://www.ianpaisley.org/article.asp?ArtKey=dabney]]]The Perils of Popery[/URL]. So, any rabid supporter of the Romish Church, is guaranteed a vote against him from me--Hispanic or not.

"33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

34The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!"

Luke 7:33-34

More importantly, Mr. "Street-Preacher," God (i.e. Jesus) gave the Jews the law, the same law he lived under and obeyed:

"24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose : 26 And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after , for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth : and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice , thou, and thine household" Deu 14:24-26

Now, was the LORD telling the Israelites to sin? Would he have them sin before His FACE?!

Give care to God's Word: