Brother Hank,

I understand more than I want to about religious corporation business that should probably trade on the stock exchange. I've been completely spoiled all my life in a small and simple church building. Great treasures are in Jesus and Jesus is in our hearts, with or without the brick and mortar building. I remember many beautiful worship services under trees, in a tent, and in many simple places that God did provide.

Stubbing the toe of big corporate religion just might be a good thing.  

Love In Christ,
Tom

AMEN SISTER NANA!!

Being with Jesus is most glorious!!

I think that you hit the nail squarely on the head with a sledgehammer. Thank you Sister.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Brother Hank,

I give thanks for you and your work for God, both here and elsewhere. It's becoming more and more apparent that servants of God will be attacked in doing HIS work. The more you do, the more you will be attacked. I will pray that God gives you strength to stand up and keep standing up until HE takes us home to Glory.

I think that it's time for all Christians to wonder about what they are doing if they aren't being attacked. If everything is going smooth and peaceful for a Brother or Sister in Christ, it's time for them to wonder if they are doing God's Will. We won't win popularity contests in talking about the curse of sin and death, but knowledge of sin is one of the first steps to Jesus and Salvation. We should quit worrying about people getting mad at us for telling the TRUTH of the Gospel of God's Grace. If we get knocked down in the effort, we can pray that God gives us strength to stand up and keep trying until our short lives here are over.

Brother, this sounds odd, but being attacked should put a smile on your face. If we have things all nice and easy, we are laying down on the job God has for us.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Seven,

Thanks Brother! Those were excellent articles.

I was just thinking that I've not had a single "Browser must shut down - send report to Microsoft" since I started using Firefox. In fact, I haven't had a single system error or crash related to browsing since I started using Firefox.

Now it's down to using Internet Explorer only for the Windows updates, and maybe the folks doing Firefox will figure that out soon.

Tom

 -- Bother! said Pooh,
as the EPA closed the honey factory.
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Brothers and Sisters,

Christians should be the happiest people on the face of the earth, and Christians are allowed to have fun, especially in fellowship with each other.

This thread is far too intellectual for my tastes.  

Anyone for Oklahoma yodeling?

OR, how about an Oklahoma style cow chip tossing contest?  

Suddenly, masked hombres seized
Petunia Pig
And
Made her into a sort of dense Jell-O.
 -- Jack Collom
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Here's something to think about:  How come you never see a Headline like
`Psychic Wins Lottery.'
 -- Comedian Jay Leno
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Brothers and Sisters,

Reference the KJV, I will simply say that hosts of scholars over many generations have confirmed the reason why the Old King James Version of the Holy Bible has served us faithfully and well.

The work of scholars on more recent translations indicates the opposite. That does not mean they don't have value, but it does mean the newer versions are not nearly as accurate. I won't mention the newer versions that I'm thinking about, but I will say that some of the new versions water down and pervert the Holy Bible.

I, for one, am not interested in watered down or perverted texts. I would also say that I have no interest in politically correct or gender neutral texts that appear to serve man, not God. I think that it would be completely true to say that some of the newer translations are pretty accurate and faithful to God's Word, but there are still some pretty serious errors in most of them.

I, for one, am not really that interested in modern language. To take it one step further, I would be completely against modern meanings, corruption, and perversion in many translations. I think that many of the worst translations do not serve God at all.

What errors there are in the KJV are few, not many. It's also important to note that we still have the ancient texts. One can use the KJV in conjunction with Strong's Numbers, Zodiates, and many other outstanding language helps to see just how accurate the KJV is. One can also do side by side comparisons between the ancient texts and the KJV to easily confirm that the KJV is a scholarly masterpiece. The translators of the KJV didn't claim they were inspired by God, but it is pretty evident their large degree of accuracy was not an accident.

I use several translations during some Bible studies, but my primary text is the old KJV. I don't say "KJV ONLY", but I do say "KJV BEST". I have no interest at all in trying to insult someone who uses a different translation. I know there are varying degrees of accuracy, and some newer translations would be pretty good. However, many of the newer translations fall in the category of horrible to bad.

I certainly don't think Christians should divide over this issue or become angry with each other.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Sister Pat,

The music is beautiful, much better than anything I have in my collection. Thanks!

Love In Christ,
Tom

Things Children Say (Real? - Maybe)

1.  Dear God, please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter. There is nothing good in there now.  Amanda

2.  Dear God, thank you for the baby brother, but what I asked for was a puppy. I never asked for anything before. You can look it up.  Joyce

3.  Dear Mr. God, I wish you would not make it so easy for people to come apart. I had to have 3 stitches and a shot.  Janet

4.  God, I read the Bible. What does beget men? Nobody will tell me. Love, Alison

5.  Dear God, how did you know you were God? Who told you?  Charlene

6.  Dear God, is it true my father won't get in Heaven if he uses his golf words in the house?  Anita

7.  Dear God, I bet it's very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it.  Nancy

8.  Dear God, I like the story about Noah the best of all of them. You really made up some good ones. I like walking on water, too. Glenn

9.  Dear God, my Grandpa says you were around when he was a little boy. How far back do you go?  Love, Dennis

10.  Dear God, do you draw the lines around the countries? If you don't, who does?  Nathan

11.  Dear God, did you mean for giraffes to look like that or was it an accident?  Norma

12.  Dear God, in Bible times, did they really talk that fancy?  Jennifer

13.  Dear God, how come you did all those miracles in the old days and don't do any now?  Billy

14.  Dear God, please send Dennis Clark to a different summer camp this year.  Peter

15.  Dear God, maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they each had their own rooms. If works out OK with me and my brother.  Larry

16.  Dear God, I keep waiting for spring, but it never did come yet. What's up? Don't forget.  Mark

17.  Dear God, my brother told me about how you are born, but it just doesn't sound right. What do you say?  Marsha

18.  Dear God, if you watch in church on Sunday, I will show you my new shoes.  Barbara

19.  Dear God, is Reverend Coe a friend of yours, or do you just know him through the business?  Donny

20.  Dear God, I do not think anybody could be a better God than you. Well, I just want you to know that I am not just saying that because you are already God.  Charles

21.  Dear God, it is great the way you always get the stars in the right place. Why can't you do that with the moon?  Jeff

22.  Dear God, I am doing the best I can. Really.  Frank

23.  Dear God, I didn't think orange went with purple until I saw the sunset you made on Tuesday night. That was really cool.  Thomas

Ivan,

I will definitely pray for you and your ministry.

Love In Christ,
Tom

WELCOME IVAN!!!

You will find many good Bible studies here.

Love In Christ,
Tom

WELCOME LOGAR!

I am old, and I love God also. We have a lot of sweet Christian fellowship here, and I hope you enjoy it.

Love In Christ,
Tom

WELCOME EDWARD!!!

I sincerely hope that you enjoy the forum.

Jump in and have some fun.

Love In Christ,
Tom

Brother Love,

I remember you talking about how rough it was when you were a child. Those were the days when books were on stone tablets, and walking to and from school was 10 miles in the snow, uphill, both ways.    (No shoes either)

Love In Christ,
Tom

How to tell the species of bear you are looking at:
Go over to him, and kick him in the behind. Run up a nearby tree.
If he climbs the tree and eats you, he's a black bear.
If he knocks the tree down and eats you, he's a grizzly.
 -- Backpacker Magazine, October 1990
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Spud,

I had some missing threads also. We did get hit pretty hard by a group of trolls, but I really don't think that the forum was harmed, nor do I think any of the threads are gone.

If you go to your personal profile and give the command to show all of your messages, they will be there. Just click on the messages there and they will show again on the forum. I had a thread with several hundred posts in it, and I was really concerned it was gone. The thread did not show in the forum, but they were still there. Clicking what I thought was gone did make them show again.

Please do let me know if this doesn't work and you feel that you actually do have missing messages. I really don't understand what caused this. Maybe it was the forum software protecting itself while someone was trying to hack the board.

Love In Christ,
Tom

DreamWeaver, Brothers and Sisters,

I sincerely do wish all of you a beautiful Thanksgiving. Christians are already rich in the treasures of our LORD, so that's enough to give thanks for. Yet, we have many other things to give thanks for every day. I'm thinking about our freedoms, especially our freedom to worship Jesus. I'm also thinking about many other Christians in the world who are being persecuted or killed for their beliefs.

Evangelist gave some shocking numbers about Christians around the world who do not have peace and safety in the worship of Jesus. We need to remember them in prayer when we give thanks for all that our LORD has provided for us.

God has richly blessed all of us. I also give thanks for the sweet Christian fellowship we have here.

Love In Christ,
Tom