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55261  Theology / General Theology / Re:A Great Day Coming on: June 04, 2005, 08:46:35 PM


 This reminds me of the Bhudda followers, who foolishly believe we keep reincarnating in order to learn from the evils and mistakes of our past lives. The end result is a world free of all evil and full of "universal truth and peace"  Tongue

 A good friend of mine was into this false religion for a time. That is until I put this question to him. "If this stuff is true, then why has the world become so much more evil and violent?"

 He chocked out a half hearted answer, then eventually came to realize I was right. My friend is now a new Christian!!

 

Uh, this is not at all what "Bhudda followers" believe about reincarnation.

Frankly I don't believe your little story is true at all. Why make up something like this? This is lame.

I heard that one of them reincarnated into a swarm of bees. It was a horrible case of multiple personalities.  Grin

Who knows what you'll reincarnate into?  Regardless, it's silly enough for a   Grin



55262  Entertainment / Politics and Political Issues / Mt. Soledad on: June 04, 2005, 11:01:03 AM
Atheist Throws Legal Challenge at Wording of Mt. Soledad Cross Ballot Initiative

by James L. Lambert
June 3, 2005

(AgapePress) - James McElroy, the attorney for atheist Philip Paulson, has told five San Diego area personalities that he will file a legal challenge next week to the proposed wording of a July 26 City of San Diego ballot initiative. The initiative will determine the fate of the 43-foot cross located on city land atop Mt. Soledad in nearby La Jolla.

The area personalities identified in the threat include KFMB radio talk-show host Rick Roberts, KOGO radio talk-show host Roger Hedgecock, San Diego Padres baseball club announcer Jerry Coleman, Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham, and SoledadNational.com director Phil Thalmeimer. All five men recently signed off on the wording for the July 26 city-wide initiative.

McElroy claims that a number of their statements on the ballot are "false and misleading." Some statements at issue include, "as in the case with Mount Soledad, wherever veterans are honored with the symbols of the fallen, an intolerant few will launch frivolous lawsuits that waste our tax dollars ...." Another statement being challenged says, "in 2004, the President of the United States signed legislation designating the Mount Soledad site as a 'National War Memorial,' necessitating the land transfer." Other wording that will be legally challenged includes the sentence, "Vote Yes to transfer the land to the federal government and to permanently preserve Mount Soledad -- as it is where it is."

On Friday, Roberts indicated by phone that he and the others "will defend the wording in court." While there has been "a legal challenge against all five of us, I think we will prevail in court." Roberts stressed that this issue is important for those who want to preserve the heritage of San Diego, which includes the La Jolla cross. Donations for that cause are being taken by both radio announcers and at SoledadNational.com.

Roberts also appears as a regular stand-in for Michael Savage's nationally syndicated radio show, while Hedgecock substitutes for Rush Limbaugh occasionally. Coleman was recently elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as a radio announcer. Induction ceremonies are to take place this summer.
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55263  Theology / General Theology / Jesus Christ Has Somewhat to Say - Part 2 on: June 04, 2005, 10:30:02 AM
By George H. Morrison

Somewhat to Say - Page 2


The Lord Has Somewhat Personal to Say

Then, too, we must not forget that our Lord has somewhat personal to say. To his intense surprise Simon discovered that. I imagine that when he invited Christ to dinner, he was counting on some splendid talk. Had he not heard from the assembly officers that never man spake like this man? Simon was a man who loved good talk, and had an abhorrence of gossip at the dinner table, as every decent person ought to have. He would get this prophet to talk of the Old Testament—He was said to have strange views of the Old Testament. He would get Him to speak about the Coming One. He would urge Him to tell one of His beautiful stories. And then, suddenly, and in the deathlike silence, came what he was never looking for: "Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee." It was a word for him and him alone. It was intensely personal and individual. It reached his solitary, selfish heart. It probed his conscience and convicted him. And that is the abiding wonder of the Lord, that He speaks to each of us in such a way that there might be no one else in the wide world at all. He holds the answer to the vastest problems. He has a message for international relationships. But when we listen to Him He never leaves us brooding on international relationships. As He speaks to me, I come to realize that the problem of all problems is myself. "Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee."

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55264  Theology / General Theology / Jesus Christ Has Somewhat to Say on: June 04, 2005, 10:28:31 AM
June 4

By George H. Morrison

Somewhat to Say - Page 1


Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee— Luk_7:40

Jesus Christ Has Somewhat to Say

It is one of the notable things about our Lord that always He has somewhat to say. No hour of need ever finds Him silent. The intrusion of the woman into Simon's dining room was an entirely unexpected incident. It was a painful and perplexing moment when she made her way into the feast. But our Lord had somewhat to say then, and one of the wonderful things about Him is that, always, He has somewhat to say still. Listen to the speaker at the street corner discussing Socialism or industrial unrest. Join an eager company of young fellows gathered to reconstitute the universe. Socrates and Shakespeare are not mentioned, but almost always Christ is summoned in; they all feel He has somewhat to say still. Heaven and earth have passed away, but His words have not passed away. We live under a different heaven now, and the earth has been displaced from her centrality. Yet still, on every problem which emerges, Jesus Christ has somewhat to say. It is a fact which is well worth considering.

Jesus Has Somewhat to Say When Everybody Else Is Silent

He has somewhat to say, it should be noted, just when everybody else is silent. My impression is that when that woman entered, you might have heard a pin drop in the dining room. Some of the guests would hang their heads, and some would look at each other "with a wild surmise." A sudden quiet would fall upon the table; conversation would instantly be hushed. And just then, when there was silence, when nobody else had a syllable to utter, our Lord had somewhat to say. So was it in the house of Jairus, when the father and mother could do naught but weep. So was it outside the gates of Nain, when the widow was stricken dumb in her great sorrow—and the wonderful thing is that so is it still. When all the philosophers are dumb, and cannot give one word of help or comfort; when learning has no message to inspire or to console the heart; when sympathy hesitates to break the silence, lest it give "vacant chaff well-meant for grain," the Lord has something to say. Nothing can rob Him of His message, not even the bitterest experience of life. He never grows silent when the way is dark, nor when the feet go down into the valley. There are many voices, and none without significance; but the hour comes when they all fail us, and then we find how in such hours as that. Jesus has somewhat to say.

He Has Somewhat to Say to Those Separated from Him by Great Distances

One notes, too, that He has somewhat to say to those separated from Him by great distances. What a gulf there was between our Lord and Simon! It is true that Jesus was sitting next to Simon, for that was the place of the chief guest. But sometimes one may sit beside another, and all the while be thousands of miles away. Just as two may live in the same dwelling, and sleep under the same roof at night, and yet seas between them "broad may roar." Many a young fellow is nearer Keats or Shelley than he is to the fellow-clerk on the next stool. Real nearness differs from proximity. And that night, though seated next to Simon, our Lord was really separate from Simon by a gulf it is impossible to measure. The One a provincial from Galilee; the other trained in the learning of the schools. The One with love filling His great heart; the other discourteous and cold and legal. And yet across that gulf the Savior reaches, with His searching and revealing word—"Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee." That is the wonder of the word of Christ. it is universal. It bridges every gulf. Men hear that word in their own tongue, as they did at the miracle of Pentecost. He has somewhat to say to the millions of India. He has somewhat to say to the myriads of China. He has somewhat to say to the New Guinea cannibals. When one thinks of our industrial civilization and compares it with the environment of Jesus, it might seem incredible that that lone Man of Galilee should have anything to say to us. yet there come times when we most profoundly feel that there is no one who understands us and our problems like the Guest who was in Simon's house that night.

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55265  Fellowship / Witnessing / CO-OPERATING WITH GOD on: June 04, 2005, 10:17:27 AM
June 4

CO-OPERATING WITH GOD
"For we are labourers together with God."-- 1Co_3:9.

IN THIS chapter the Apostle describes the Church as a garden or vineyard, in which the Divine Spirit is ever at work, superintending, directing, inspiring, and calling to co-operate with Him all His servants, whether they be Paul, Apollos, or Cephas; or as a vast temple, rising through the ages, requiring labourers to lay the foundations, others to build the walls, and others to put the final touches in the light of an accomplished purpose. In each case, the design, the successive stages of advancing progress, the engagement of the workers, the direction of their labours and their reward is entirely with the Husband-man and the Master-Builder. It is not our work, but His; we are not responsible for the results, but only to do His Will; He repays us by generous rewards, but there our responsibility ends. When the Garden stands in the mature beauty, and yields the prolific fruitage of autumn; when the Building is completed and stands in symmetrical glory amidst the wrecks of time, then those who have co-operated will stand aside, and "God will be All in all."

All through human industry there is this co-operation between God and man. He stores the cellars of the earth with gold or coal, and it is for man to excavate it; He fills the hedgerows and woodlands with wild fruits and flowers, it is for man to cultivate them; He fills the earth with iron, copper, and other priceless treasures, it is for man to work them into all manner of useful implements. In every harvest-field, garden, orchard, industry, and employment of natural law for the purpose of civilization, there is this combined effort of God and man. God's energy works according to laws, which man must study as the key to the unlocking of the forces which he uses to flash his messages, guide the aero plane or motor, or speed him across the ocean.

In the Church the same law prevails. God has given the Word, but the company of preachers has been needed to proclaim it. The Words of inspiration burn with the fire of God, but man is called in to translate them into every language under heaven. The saving power of Christ waits to heal and bless, but He needs the co-operation of the human hand and life as the medium through which His virtue passes. Those whom God calls into fellowship in serving others may count on Him for the supply of all their needs (1Co_3:21-23).

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Heavenly Father, show me how I may work with Thee, and in what direction are Thy energies going forth that I may walk and work in fellowship with Thyself. AMEN.

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55266  Theology / Bible Study / GOOD NEWS FROM CALVARY on: June 04, 2005, 10:01:38 AM
Two Minutes With The Bible - GOOD NEWS FROM CALVARY


Jun 4

GOOD NEWS FROM CALVARY

By Cornelius R. Stam

All through the Old Testament the cross is but dimly seen. Though a hundred historical characters and a hundred more Levitical sacrifices and rituals were typical of Christ and His finished work, not once does the Old Testament state this. The silence is profound. The clearest Old Testament prophecy of Christ’s death, Isaiah 53, does not even specify who the Sufferer would be.

It was the same during our Lord’s stay on earth, for only toward the close of His ministry do we read: "From that time forth began Jesus to show unto His disciples how that He must go unto Jerusalem and suffer... and be killed..." (Matt. 16:21). And what was their response? "Then Peter took Him and began to rebuke Him" (Ver. 22). Luke 18:34 states three times that they did not have the slightest idea that He would even die, much less did they understand all that His death would accomplish. Even at Pentecost Peter blamed his hearers for the death of Christ and said to them:

"repent and be baptized every one of you... for the remission of sins" (Acts 2:38). The twelve were preaching "the gospel of the kingdom" and knew little about the cross and its purpose.

Not until the Apostle Paul, that other apostle, do we have what is properly called "the preaching of the cross," i.e., as good news. And in Paul’s great message our Lord is no longer seen as the Victim, but as the Victor, not merely after death, or over death, but in death. His death itself is seen as His greatest triumph. In Heb. 10:12,14 we read:

"...after He had offered one sacrifice for sins [He] sat down... for by one offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified." And in Col. 2:14,15 Paul describes Christ at Calvary nailing the Law to the cross and utterly defeating Satan and his hosts, "triumphing over them in it (i.e., in the cross)."  Little wonder the Apostle exclaimed: "God forbid that I should boast, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ..." (Gal. 6:14).

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55267  Theology / General Theology / Tampering With The Contents on: June 04, 2005, 09:45:11 AM
Author: Woodrow Kroll
Source: Lessons on Living from Isaiah
Scripture: Exodus 21:22-25 Romans 1:24-27 Isaiah 5:20

Tampering With The Contents

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Tampering With the Contents

On February 8, 1986, a Peekskill, New York, woman took a Tylenol capsule she had purchased at the local supermarket. Unknown to her, the bottle had been tampered with and the contents were contaminated with a lethal dose of potassium cyanide. Instead of helping her as she expected, the medicine took her life. Johnson and Johnson, the manufacturers of Tylenol, responded by removing the product from store shelves and reissuing the drug in caplet form contained in tamper-resistant bottles. These actions, however, could not alleviate the pain and grief of this woman's loved ones.

Millions of people have turned to the Bible to find relief from the pain of sin. Some, unfortunately, have not found the relief they sought. Instead they discover that people and churches have tampered with the words of Scripture, changing and adding to their meaning—even making what God says is evil appear to be good. For example, homosexuality is not a sin (Rom. 1:24-27), they claim, but an alternate lifestyle. Abortion is not murder (Ex. 21:22-25); it's a choice. What the Bible calls adultery, these people refer to euphemistically as "having an affair." Fornication is passed over as "living together." What is called drunkenness in God's Word is called the "disease of alcoholism" by a society bent on calling evil good and good evil. Obedience, on the other hand, is labeled as legalism, and zeal for the Lord is rejected as fanaticism.

Don't be fooled by this truth twisting. What God calls evil will never be made acceptable simply by using another word. Make sure that your beliefs are based on the solid foundation of God's Word. To keep your faith "tamper-proof," compare everything you hear with the Bible and see what God has to say. The Gospel is life-giving, but these additives and contradictions can be fatal.

Truth can't be improved with additives.

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55268  Theology / General Theology / Re:A Great Day Coming on: June 03, 2005, 11:04:16 PM
Bronzesnake,

Brother, I give thanks that we don't place our trust in men. I thought about that over and over again while reading your post. Men always fail, regardless of how good their intentions are and how hard they try.

JESUS is most definitely coming again, and HE will bring all things under HIS RULE. It's what happens before HIS 1,000 year rule and reign that grieves my heart. Hosts have rejected Him as Lord and Saviour, and their time grows short. I don't even want to imagine how horrible it would be to die without JESUS and be doomed forever to the curse of sin and punishment.

NOW, I'm simply giving thanks that JESUS paid it all, and I belong to HIM. JESUS NEVER FAILS!!!

Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable GIFT, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour Forever!

Love In Christ,
Tom

1 Timothy 3:16  And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
55269  Theology / General Theology / Re:Jesus and his Word are the Answer on: June 03, 2005, 10:41:05 PM
Sister Nancy,

I simply don't buy the hatchet job of the critics, and I'll leave it at that.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Psalms 73:26  My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
55270  Theology / Bible Study / MELTING HEARTS on: June 03, 2005, 07:51:09 AM
Two Minutes With The Bible - MELTING HEARTS


Jun 3

MELTING HEARTS

By Cornelius R. Stam

Melting hearts, in Scripture, are consistently associated with discouragement and fear. Note a few examples:

"And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt..." (II Sam. 17:10).

"Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt" (Isa. 13:7).

"The heart melteth and the knees smite together..." (Nah. 2:10).

Christians, therefore, should not pray for melted hearts, as so many do. There are too many believers with melting hearts now! Indeed, men of God, down through the ages, have always found it a real task to keep the hearts of Christians from melting. Fear can easily become cowardice and cowardice, like courage, is extremely contagious. For this reason God explicitly instructed the military officers of Israel to announce to their armies:

"What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart" (Deut. 20:8).

If ever God’s people needed confidence and courage it is in the day of crisis -- especially spiritual crisis -- in which we live. Here Paul’s word to the Ephesian believers is appropriate:

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against [wicked spirits] in high places" (Eph. 6:12).

Thank God! While the opposition of our adversary during "this present evil age" calls for special courage and steadfastness of heart, God has made particular provision for us, for He has given us more light on His Word than was given those of former ages and we can meet the enemy with "the whole armor of God." Moreover we have God’s Word through Paul, that battle-scarred warrior:

"God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me, His prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God" (II Tim. 1:7,8).

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55271  Theology / General Theology / A Great Day Coming on: June 03, 2005, 07:35:43 AM
Author: Woodrow Kroll
Source: Lessons on Living from Isaiah
Scripture: Isaiah 2:4 Revelation 20:1-3 Isaiah 9:6 Romans 5:1 Revelation 20:7-8 Psalms 16:11 1 Thessalonians 4:17

A Great Day Coming

Isaiah 2:4

He shall judge between the nations, and shall rebuke many people; they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nations shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.

A Great Day Coming

Peace has always been an elusive prospect. The Columbia Dispatch reported in 1993 that cable TV mogul Ted Turner funded a competition to find a book that gave a workable plan for world peace. Turner said he wanted to see if anybody had a real vision of a future world at peace and harmony. His quest ended in disappointment. He told an Atlanta gathering of news contributors to his Cable News Network's "World Report" that, "With 10,000 manuscripts, we did not have one plausible treatise on how we could get to a sustainable, peaceful future."

Apparently no one thought to check the Book of Isaiah. Here, God reveals that there is a day coming when wars will cease. This will not be the result of any plan proposed by the wisdom of man; it will come, instead, through the direct intervention of the Lord Jesus Christ. Revelation 20:1-3 foretells the imprisonment of Satan so that he "should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished" (v. 3). During that time, the world will finally experience the peace it desperately needs. True peace can only come when the Prince of Peace brings it (Isa. 9:6).

We don't have to wait that long, however, to experience personal peace. That's available to you right now. When you trust Jesus Christ as Savior, you can have peace with God in your life immediately. The Bible says, "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. 5:1).

World peace is a wonderful goal and it will be a great day when it happens, but personal peace right now is even greater. Peace among all the nations of the world will last only while Satan is imprisoned (Rev. 20:7-8). Our peace with God, on the other hand, will last forever (Ps. 16:11; 1 Thess. 4:17).

There has to be peace in the heart before there can be peace in the world.

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55272  Fellowship / You name it!! / How Low Will You Go? on: June 03, 2005, 07:28:16 AM
Author: Woodrow Kroll, Tony Beckett
Source: Faith Walk
Scripture Reference John 13:1-20 2 Chronicles 17


How Low Will You Go?


2 Chronicles 17-18, John 13:1-20
Key Verses: John 13:14-15

Ever see a candy wrapper on the floor of the lobby at church? Probably, and if not there, maybe you saw one left on a pew, along with the discarded bulletin from the service.

Did you ever pick up the candy wrapper and throw it away, or did you leave it for someone else? If you left it, could it be that you did not stoop to pick up someone else's trash because it was "beneath you"?

We can assess our pride by considering the question of what we will or will not do in various situations. In a sense, a candy wrapper is an easy test. It gets harder when it's a used tissue on the floor, or a church workday when you are assigned to clean toilets. How "servant" our servant heart is will be revealed by where we draw the line in what we will do.

The disciples served their Master but drew the line at washing feet. It was a mealtime, where provision had been made to attend to this lowest of servant tasks, but not a single disciple moved to pick up the basin and towel. It probably did not take long to establish that no one was going to do what obviously should be done.

Then Jesus wrapped a towel around His waist, poured water into a basin and began to wash His disciples' feet. What they would not stoop to do, He did. "I have set you an example," He said (v. 15).

Examples are set to follow. The candy wrapper you see next Sunday at church is a test. How low will you go to serve your Master?

Pride is a danger that must be carefully watched. Ask yourself, "What is beneath me?" and then ask the Holy Spirit to bring it to your mind again, especially at a time when it is not just a question but a genuine test of pride.

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55273  Theology / General Theology / Re:Jesus and his Word are the Answer on: June 03, 2005, 02:08:17 AM
Brothers and Sisters,

Well, I must say that I never cease to be amazed. In my opinion, the critics had to stretch to do their butcher job. It appears that the biggest thing the critics had to hang their hat on was:

If it's popular, it must be evil. The critics could assault the Bible in the same manner. Please don't think that I'm hinting of a comparison between the book and the Bible. One is welcome to have any opinion they wish about the critics and their work. In my opinion, it would be baloney. If you think it is fillet mignon, good for you. I certainly won't spend any time arguing this, so I'll leave it with my baloney comment.

If I want to read the Gospel, I read the Bible. If I wish to read other literature written by Christian authors, I will do so. If the books I choose don't receive a "thumbs-down" by at least a few critics, I would be disappointed and try harder.  Cheesy

Love In Christ,
Tom

Psalms 104:24  O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
55274  Theology / General Theology / Re:Jesus and his Word are the Answer on: June 02, 2005, 11:06:34 PM
Rich,

I have the same questions. Christians do buy things other than just the Holy Bible in this country. I might agree with part of your post, but I disagree strongly with other portions, specifically about the Purpose Driven Life.

Tom

55275  Entertainment / Politics and Political Issues / Explicit Library Books Restricted After Ark. Parent Complains on: June 02, 2005, 10:43:24 PM
Kids' Access to Explicit Library Books Restricted After Ark. Parent Complains

by Jim Brown
June 1, 2005

(AgapePress) - A Christian mom in Fayetteville, Arkansas, has succeeded in getting the city's school board to remove three books endorsing offensive sexual practices and pornography from the district's elementary and middle school libraries.

On Thursday the Fayetteville School Board decided to relegate the three controversial books to the district's Parent Resource Center libraries. This move means The Teenage Guy's Survival Guide, It's Perfectly Normal, and It's So Amazing are now accessible to children only if their parents give them written permission to check out the books.

Laurie Taylor, a mother of two, had protested the books since January, arguing that they did not belong in schools because of their "vile" nature. The Arkansas mom became mortified after reviewing one of the books, which she says "had very, very explicit sexual pictures, descriptions of sexual activity," and also contained "advocacies of homosexuality," and "had an advocacy of abortion."

Taylor says the literature she examined and found objectionable promoted a licentious attitude towards sex of all kinds. She describes the messages she encountered in the material as "Have sex with whoever, whenever, whatever," and "Don't feel guilty about having sex; if you feel like you're old enough, then you are."

The concerned parent says her next course of action will be to ask for an overall audit of each of the Fayetteville school libraries to make sure they are purged of all indecent materials. She contends that an "overall agenda" is being carried out in many schools, and its objective is "to sexualize our children, to desensitize them to homosexuality, and to perpetuate the myth that it's normal."

Hence, the name of one of the books, Taylor notes, referring to It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris. "I mean, that's just ludicrous," the Fayetteville mother remarks. She says the book "specifically states that everything is normal," and promotes the idea that "it doesn't matter who you fall in love with or who you have feelings for or what kind of sexual activity you want to participate in."

Psychologist Dr. Warren Throckmorton reviewed It's Perfectly Normal and the other two books at Taylor's request. He says some of the materials may actually be illegal, considering that they urge children to use pornography.
Jim Brown, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.

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