[robertclark1977]

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Hi, welcome to the forum. I've noticed elsewhere that Scripture is described as a unique authority for Baptists, unlike various heretics who regard the ravings of seers and other freaks to carry some weight. As a result it's easy to identify them because as soon as what they say CONTRADICTS what God has already explained, clearly He is not inspiring them. It's not for me to say who IS inspiring them.

MitzaLizalor,


Thank you for your welcome as well as your insightful comments.

Satan contradicts everything good in God at every opportunity so his influence is as inconspicuous as an iceberg landing in your back garden. A person helping me to understand something and NOT contradicting God in the process may not be a heretic and an example would be the topic of hate. God's kingdom could be put first in every situation and other persons last at all times (one category is absent from His list incidentally) without actually hating them. One false doctrine promoted by heretics is that it's a special "magic" sort of hate not referring at all to the verb to hate. In that case, Jesus would have used a different word, meaning simply to despise one's family or to regard them as insane: but He didn't.

Point well taken. I never really thought of it this way.

[Mary Etheldreda]

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Welcome, Mr. Clark! I'm so glad Jesus brought you here to join us! Congratulations on having and maintaining a wife and two boys. Tell us how you like to share the Good News with those liberal hippies in North Carolina. Are you boys old enough to be involved in rebuking sinners?

[robertclark1977]

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Welcome, Mr. Clark! I'm so glad Jesus brought you here to join us! Congratulations on having and maintaining a wife and two boys.

Hello Mary, Thank you for your kind welcome.

Tell us how you like to share the Good News with those liberal hippies in North Carolina.

I like to do what's called "captive audience." By that, I mean they have no choice but to listen to what I have to tell them. That's where my AR-15 comes in.

Are you boys old enough to be involved in rebuking sinners?

I am training them early. Once my youngest reaches 15 they will both be ready to go out and rebuke the sinners. I want to be sure they understand what they need to do and how to do it right.

[Joanna Lytton-Vasey]

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Friendly Christian greetings, Mr Clark, and a warm welcome to our Godly forums. You seem to have good intentions, but much to learn. For example, I find this worrying:

I am training them early. Once my youngest reaches 15 they will both be ready to go out and rebuke the sinners. I want to be sure they understand what they need to do and how to do it right.

If you will take advice from a True Christian™ woman, mother of many boys and a girl, all my children have been trained up in rebuking skills ever since they could talk. The younger ones are expected to be out on the streets, preaching God's Holy Word, by the age of four. Obviously at that age they are accompanied by at least one older brother (usually two or more, although we generally find that one will suffice). But they are expected to be self-sufficient by the age of seven or eight.

They are, of course, blessed with their father's physique and somewhat alarming cold blue eyes. In the event that your boys are on the weedy side, I would strongly recommend martial arts training.

I hope this is helpful, dear?

YiC
JL-V (Mrs)

[robertclark1977]

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If you will take advice from a True Christian™ woman, mother of many boys and a girl, all my children have been trained up in rebuking skills ever since they could talk. The younger ones are expected to be out on the streets, preaching God's Holy Word, by the age of four. Obviously at that age they are accompanied by at least one older brother (usually two or more, although we generally find that one will suffice). But they are expected to be self-sufficient by the age of seven or eight.

Hello Mrs. Lytton-Vasey,
I always welcome advice from my betters. It's the only way I can learn.

[MitzaLizalor]

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The introduction seems to be going OK so I've decided to send a friend request. You'd be surprised how many weirdos (many likely to be hippies) think this is a good place to try out new swear words or recommend unusual attire.

ZEPHANIAH 1:2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.



5-6, 8-9 ..them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; and them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him . . . And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

Many hippies obsess over these things (the graphic can be enlarged by tapping/clicking for more detail if interested) "leaping" being well demonstrated at outdoor events, as is "apparel," over several days non-stop around this time of year. The first book I read as a child was Isaiah, followed by Judges and Acts, and these are particularly well suited as reading exercises. One activity your family may enjoy is choosing an episode expressing God's Perfect Love to present as a little play. There are some lovely fabrics available from stage suppliers, for costume depicting what God expected in this respect, how strange apparel differed from that standard and therefore what would constitute strangeness today.

trained up in rebuking skills

Nobody is born already a Christian, any more than they are born already Bahá'í or Zen, because language is necessary to understand The Good News of how much we deserve everlasting torture due to the circumstances of our birth and how wretched a fate is lined up for those choosing other faiths. Although rebuking is sort of innate in infants, even those attending Sunday School prior to their conversion, it tends to be along the lines of “Whatever you say is wrong & it's up to me to explain why.” Could you explain to what extent you tailored this characteristic in your family members or did you eliminate it and teach Scripturally sound rebuking in its place? That could be helpful.

Thank you.

[robertclark1977]

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The introduction seems to be going OK so I've decided to send a friend request. You'd be surprised how many weirdos (many likely to be hippies) think this is a good place to try out new swear words or recommend unusual attire.

I went ahead and accepted your request. I appreciate that. I think trying out new swear words is totally immature and it doesn't help one's argumentative skills any. It just makes them look that much more ridiculous. Just my observation. Plus it upsets Jesus to no end.

[Isabella White]

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Dear Landover Baptist Church members,

I want to give a little intro to myself: I am Robert Clark and I am 45 years old and I am from Charlotte North Carolina. I have just started attending the Morning Star Baptist Church here in Charlotte.

I came to know Jesus through a sermon my pastor preached about hell and becoming a new Christian. My favorite verse is Luke 14:26 Which says and I quote:

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

I am here to learn more about Jesus and before I forget, I seen some that are gun fanciers, my favorite gun is none other than an AR-15. Unfortunately, there are people out there who are trying to do away with this fine weapon. I don't claim to know everything there is to know about guns, but, I do know they are very good for putting sinners out of their misery.

Blessings,

Robert

And, to you, I do extend a most gracious , dear Mr. Clark. We are so pleased that you have found . Clearly, the has led you to us, and it is here that you shall find the Truth in all of its fullness.

John 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

You see, Dear, we follow only the blessed . You will not find any of those watered-down, dull-as-dishwater versions of the Scriptures here! It's the real "meat and potatoes" for the people here, and that's just the way wants things to be!

I notice that you are from North Carolina. That's such a pretty state, and I do hope that you and your dear wife (I'm assuming that you are married?) are quite happy there. If you don't mind terribly, please feel free to have your wife register for an account here, too. We have much to help the young housewife/mother, to steer her as she strives in learning how to please the whilst carrying out her domestic duties.

May bless you richly, Dear, as you serve faithfully — here, at .

[robertclark1977]

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Mrs. White,

Thank you for your gracious welcome. You are correct, I am originally from North Carolina. I will mention this site to her and I think she would do well to learn from such Godly folk such as yourself. I have only been here since yesterday and there have been several here who have been really kind and helpful. Again, thank you for responding. Have a great day in Jesus!

[Isabella White]

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Mrs. White,

Thank you for your gracious welcome. You are correct, I am originally from North Carolina. I will mention this site to her and I think she would do well to learn from such Godly folk such as yourself. I have only been here since yesterday and there have been several here who have been really kind and helpful. Again, thank you for responding. Have a great day in Jesus!

Oh, you are just as welcome as a gentle rain on a warm summer's day, dear Mr. Clark. I do think that you will be glad that you have found us here, at , and I am confident that you will learn much here. We do have a vibrant community of Truth-seeking, people. And, we are always eager to share the ever-essential validity of the glorious with newcomers, such as yourself.

Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of ."

Please, Dear, do give my best wishes to your lovely wife. Perhaps we shall be fortunate in making her acquaintance at some future date?

May the bless you, Mr. Clark, as you walk with — here, at .

[robertclark1977]

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I am truly thankful that Jesus has seen fit to lead me here, Mrs. White. I am learning quite a bit during my stay here. That's really the main reason for my being here. The main reason I am here is this Church tells it like it is and does not water down the Gospel of Jesus. If people can't accept what's being said then too bad. There is no substitute for good hard preaching from the KJV 1611 Bible!

[Vengeance Puriel]

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Dear Landover Baptist Church members,

I want to give a little intro to myself: I am Robert Clark and I am 45 years old and I am from Charlotte North Carolina. I have just started attending the Morning Star Baptist Church here in Charlotte.

I came to know Jesus through a sermon my pastor preached about hell and becoming a new Christian. My favorite verse is Luke 14:26 Which says and I quote:

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

I am here to learn more about Jesus and before I forget, I seen some that are gun fanciers, my favorite gun is none other than an AR-15. Unfortunately, there are people out there who are trying to do away with this fine weapon. I don't claim to know everything there is to know about guns, but, I do know they are very good for putting sinners out of their misery.

Blessings,

Robert

Welcome fellow Charlotte native.

[Dennis Lukes]

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I don't claim to know everything there is to know about guns, but, I do know they are very good for putting sinners out of their misery.

Only Christ can put sinners out of their misery. Shooting a sinner just sends them to Hell where their misery is eternal. Not recommended.

[MitzaLizalor]

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I went ahead and accepted your request.

Thank you.

I think trying out new swear words is totally immature and it doesn't help one's argumentative skills any. It just makes them look that much more ridiculous. Just my observation. Plus it upsets Jesus to no end.

Additionally at this time of year with people getting ready to celebrate ghouls and devils who in turn are getting ready to claim as many gullible fools as they can for their master, clothing extremes are being rehearsed. A prime objective is to take the theme further this year than whatever went on last year. For brevity, rather than trace the changes decade by decade, each step of which would show only minor changes, I thought I'd use one from the early 1900s and one from now so that you can imagine what may be available next year and be prepared when rebuking a wretch this year. Additionally, black & white graphics will be more appropriate but I can link the original I suppose. We'll see.



Pictures from top row only linked to original photos





It's not only language celebrating different aspects of evil (which are clear enough not to need specifying - but that "priest" costume actually uses a Bible as a halloween prop) presenting an additional opportunity. By discussing the costume and what it represents, the message of Salvation can be made more interesting and therefore more relevant. I'm sure you'll get a positive response BUT be aware some of these creatures will be demon possessed already and may bite or spit or suggest even more terrible things no Christian ever thinks about.

In Christ.