Hello, Friends in Jesus.

[David Ben Ahzea]

May God grant you your heart's desire (unless it involves fornication).

Upon receipt of Pastor Flint's welcoming message, the Lord moved me to introduce myself to the righteous congregation of believers in the KJV. I am an ordained minister of the Free Totally Independent Baptist Church of The Southern Hebrides (but not Lugg), and hold a certificate to that effect from the Respected Forklift Creek (MD) Bible College, whose recent travails with the US IRS proved terminal, I am sorry to say. My admittedly semitic name was adopted in preparation for a short residence in Israel in advance of the Rapture and does not imply miscegenation with...I am not sure if I ought even to name them. My family line is white throughout.

I have one small question: Pastor Flint's email setting out the path of righteousness on this forum said "We ask that you post respectfully and adhere to proper American grammar, spelling, and punctuation rules, as Jesus demands."

I shall endeavor to comply with this, but would like to ask if the passive voice is deprecated by Jesus? I can find no clues as to this in the KJV or any of the concordances I use.

With thanks

Amen.

[James Dewitt]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

May God grant you your heart's desire (unless it involves fornication).

Upon receipt of Pastor Flint's welcoming message, the Lord moved me to introduce myself to the righteous congregation of believers in the KJV. I am an ordained minister of the Free Totally Independent Baptist Church of The Southern Hebrides (but not Lugg), and hold a certificate to that effect from the Respected Forklift Creek (MD) Bible College, whose recent travails with the US IRS proved terminal, I am sorry to say. My admittedly semitic name was adopted in preparation for a short residence in Israel in advance of the Rapture and does not imply miscegenation with...I am not sure if I ought even to name them. My family line is white throughout.

I have one small question: Pastor Flint's email setting out the path of righteousness on this forum said "We ask that you post respectfully and adhere to proper American grammar, spelling, and punctuation rules, as Jesus demands."

I shall endeavor to comply with this, but would like to ask if the passive voice is deprecated by Jesus? I can find no clues as to this in the KJV or any of the concordances I use.

With thanks

Amen.

Welcome to God's Favorite Church. The Pastor requested you to use proper spelling, grammar and punctuation due to the fact that Jesus demands it.
You wonder why that is? Tell me have you read the Bible, of course you have you are a Baptist Pastor. Have you ever found any errors in the Bible? You see if God and Jesus use proper spelling, grammar and punctuation, we should too. YIC James

[David Ben Ahzea]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

Welcome to God's Favorite Church. The Pastor requested you to use proper spelling, grammar and punctuation due to the fact that Jesus demands it.
You wonder why that is? Tell me have you read the Bible, of course you have you are a Baptist Pastor. Have you ever found any errors in the Bible? You see if God and Jesus use proper spelling, grammar and punctuation, we should too. YIC James

My thanks for your kind intervention. Of course, neither the Bible (which our congregation, unlike the Gaelic-speaking heathen Free Presbyterians of Lugg, reads in God's only authorised tongue, English) nor Our Lord could for a moment sanction the improper use of the divine language. And I am aware - to anticipate you - that so - called "American English" is the only acceptable version. But Jesus' wishes on the topic of active and passive verbs are not readily apparent from my studies of Holy Writ, and I would welcome your advice on this. I would have expected Our Lord to have a very clear view on this subject.

[Cranky Old Man]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

Welcome to our friendly forum!

What is your favorite scripture?

[David Ben Ahzea]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

Welcome to our friendly forum!

What is your favorite scripture?

Thank you for your most Christian welcome, sir.

It would be impious to admit to having a favourite passage, because the entire KJV Bible, being the true Word of God, is perfect,and allows of no earthly and profane comparisons.

But I have a wholly secular fondness for Revelation 12:14 -

"And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent."

Profound, and awesome.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

Welcome to God's favorite forum. Are you an ex-joo? I'm curious about your name, friend?

Please tell us about your church. What do your parishoners call you? And how do you deal with the abo problem?

[David Ben Ahzea]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

Welcome to God's favorite forum. Are you an ex-joo? I'm curious about your name, friend?

Please tell us about your church. What do your parishoners call you? And how do you deal with the abo problem?

What a friendly forum this is! Obviously inspired by the love of Jesus, which of course is tough love, and not the homo soft nancy kind.

My given name is Duncan MacAskew (see above for my reason for changing this), and my parishioners call me "sir". We have no aboriginals in the Southern Hebrides, but immigrants under the guise of tourists occasionally brave the ferry crossing here but dare not re-embark on the return journey. Videos of these are sent by our Mission to their concerned relatives, and they are often kind enough to donate to our Jesus Warchest in appreciation either of their loved ones' return, or not, as the case may be. Visitors showing sincere repentance and knowledge of the KJV are, however, sometimes permitted to purchase a humble dwelling here.

I hope this answers your question.

[Cranky Old Man]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

Profound, and awesome.

I could not agree more! It is so nice when some of the visitors to our site turn out to be civilized.

[Chris T]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

I could not agree more! It is so nice when some of the visitors to our site turn out to be civilized.

Amen, Cranky Old Man! There have been so many false Christians and Godmockers lately it's nice to finally get someone civil!
Praise God!

[Jedediah]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

Welcome to the forum! Do you have a family?

[David Ben Ahzea]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

Welcome to the forum! Do you have a family?

Indeed, I have been blessed by the Lord with a wife, a firstborn and a secondborn. We are all born-again, as well. My meek and godly wife speaks only when spoken to, and excels in cooking and sewing. We keep our two young boys (5 and 7) on the path of righteousness with a daily flogging, whether they have sinned or not.

[Jedediah]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

How great that the LORD has seen fit to bless you with sons! My wife and I have a son-to-daughter ratio of 5 to 0, and we're going to be shooting for number 6 later during the summer.

My father was never around to discipline me as a child, and I developed some serious... issues... as a result during adolescence, which later necessitated a summer of reorientation therapy to get me right with the LORD.

Except for my youngest (his head is still soft), I keep the bottoms of my sons as red as beets. It's amazing how young they start with the sassy back-talk and disrespect of authority. They will thank me when they are well-adjusted, older and have young Christian soldiers of their own.

As fathers and husbands, we hold ultimate authority in the household, but this authority is tempered with the knowledge that we will ultimately answer to God for our actions and decisions. The final decision rests with us, so whatever the outcome is, it is ours to bear. We hold authority to utilize corporal punishment on our wives for disciplinary reasons as well.

I take my authority to use corporal punishment on my wife quite seriously and only be utilize it on occasions where one of the "Four D's" has been violated:

Disobedience
Disrespect
Dishonesty
Danger (e.g., reckless driving, not following doctor's orders, undercooking meat)

This style of traditional male-led Christian marriage may seem unusual in today's "modern", liberal, politically correct, anti-God culture. This unholy culture, with its radically selfish feminism, and wholesale bias against true manhood, launches relentless attacks against traditional Christian family values.

I seem to have gone off on a tangent. The subject Christian domestic discipline is near and dear to my heart. I shall leave you with the following Scripture:

Hebrews 12:11
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

[Brad Crassley]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

May God grant you your heart's desire (unless it involves fornication).

Upon receipt of Pastor Flint's welcoming message, the Lord moved me to introduce myself to the righteous congregation of believers in the KJV. I am an ordained minister of the Free Totally Independent Baptist Church of The Southern Hebrides (but not Lugg), and hold a certificate to that effect from the Respected Forklift Creek (MD) Bible College, whose recent travails with the US IRS proved terminal, I am sorry to say. My admittedly semitic name was adopted in preparation for a short residence in Israel in advance of the Rapture and does not imply miscegenation with...I am not sure if I ought even to name them. My family line is white throughout.

I have one small question: Pastor Flint's email setting out the path of righteousness on this forum said "We ask that you post respectfully and adhere to proper American grammar, spelling, and punctuation rules, as Jesus demands."

I shall endeavor to comply with this, but would like to ask if the passive voice is deprecated by Jesus? I can find no clues as to this in the KJV or any of the concordances I use.

With thanks

Amen.

Neat! Glad to see another pastor on here. I was a Pastor at a church that Joel Olsteen's father used to preach at. I also received a degree at the Southern Baptist Convention .

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

I also received a degree at the Southern Baptist Convention .

FYI we broke with the apostates at the SBC years ago. They support sodomy for one thing.

[James Dewitt]

Re: Hello, Friends in Jesus.

Thank you for pointing that out Pastor. It is just another example of being a false Christian. I hope deep in my heart that they repent, Praise Jesus. Some so called Christians do not understand how hard it is to be called a True Christian(TM) the cross we bear is all most unbearable. Lord give me the strength to carry out your commands. Thank you Jesus!