[documentaries]

I think I have yet to see a horror flick that really did anything for me.  Every now and again, I'll see one that seems to be scary and maybe be decent.  Every time I walk away thinking "why on earth did I just watch that stuuuuupid flick?"  I guess it's because 90% of the horror flicks never could happen, and therefore aren't scary.  Anyone else run into this?

Oklahoma Howdy to Allinall,

   

I can see that you need to rent or buy some of the horror documentaries done in the 50s and 60s, usually Japanese with English dub overs. Those live shots of Godzilla and Mothra fighting just send chills up your spine. Watching Godzilla step on those power lines and knock attacking planes out of the air is a thrill a minute. One could watch these over and over again just to see Godzilla eat cars with the people still in them.

If these ever stop scaring you, I suggest "The Creature from the Black Lagoon". WOW!, another shocking documentary thriller.

There's no bad language in these movies, and you can cover your eyes during the scary parts.

   

[These people ARE seekers...they just don't know it yet.Have a nice day!Yours in Christ, Sissy]

These people ARE seekers...they just don't know it yet.

Have a nice day!

Yours in Christ, Sissy

Oklahoma Howdy to sissy_momof2,

Someone has to try pretty hard to be banned here for that very reason. I pray that the lost do find Christ here, and I'm happy to say there are many patient and sweet Christians here who try really hard to help them.

ADMIN is the only one who can ban someone. Hopefully not many will see what caused them to be banned. As an example, the last three posted obscene, filthy, and vile material all over the board in a quick and planned attack. I'm sorry to say that several of our ladies saw some of these posts before they were deleted.

ADMIN and I really appreciate those who help by pushing the moderator button on the offensive message and giving a brief description.

In Christ,
Tom

From: American Family Association
Date: Friday, October 10, 2003 09:51:36
Subject: Urgent Marriage Protection Week update

  ***Marriage Protection Week E-Update***
URGENT MESSAGE FROM DONALD E. WILDMON, FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION

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This is an e-update regarding Marriage Protection Week. Please print out this alert, duplicate and distribute it to your church and/or Sunday School class. Ask them to take the action listed below.
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October 12-18 has been proclaimed by President George Bush as "Marriage Protection Week."

It is being sponsored by over 25 national pro-family groups.

During the week, you are being asked to call your Congressman and Senators and urge them to support a federal marriage amendment defining marriage as being between one man and one woman.

Please call your Congressman and two Senators at 1-202-224-3121. If the line is busy, keep calling. To make all three calls will cost about .90 cents and take about nine minutes. Surely our children are worth that small effort.

Tell them you favor a federal amendment protecting marriage and oppose "civil unions" for homosexuals which give them all the rights of marriage except the word. Ask your Congressman and Senators where they stand, and ask for a written response.

I can tell you that this threat is very real and immediate. Homosexual activists are already boasting that they have the votes to block any federal amendment.

The homosexual leaders are working to get courts to approve homosexual marriages with all the benefits which are enjoyed by heterosexual marriages. Failing that, they at least want the courts to approve same-sex "civil unions" which give homosexuals all the rights of marriage.

What is at stake in all this? The future of the family and of western civilization as we know it. If homosexual marriage is approved, that will open the door for not only a man-man or woman-woman marriage, but two men and one woman, four women and two men, or any combination of men and women.

Please call your Congressman and Senators at 202-224-3121 and please forward this email to a friend.

Thanks, and God bless you for acting on behalf of our children.

Sincerely,

Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association

P.S.: Please forward this email to at least one friend.

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Hoekstra Devotion - October 10

Living by Faith Contrasted with Living by Law:

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them." But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for "The just shall live by faith." Yet the law is not of faith, but "The man who does them shall live by them."  (Gal_3:10-12)

In our previous meditation, we considered God's call to live by faith, given through the prophet Habakkuk. "Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith" (Hab_2:4). We also looked at the first of three appearances of this quote in the New Testament. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ . . . for in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith." (Rom_1:16-17).The second appearance is given in Galatians, where living by faith is contrasted with living by law.

This contrast between law and faith involves a curse that is related to the law. "For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse." The curse is upon those who attempt to establish an acceptable relationship with God based on human works, as measured by God's holy law. The accompanying Old Testament quote explains the curse. "For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them." The curse is that those who choose to live by human performance under the law must always accomplish everything the law commands. Performance of some of the law's demands some of the time is unacceptable.

This comprehensive pressure requiring perfect performance may seem curse enough. Yet, the consequences of inevitable failure intensifies the curse. This dreadful consequence can be seen in the reminder of the blessed remedy that God's grace provides. "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree')" (Gal_3:13-14). Those who violate any portion of the law's demands deserve the judgment that Jesus took on the cross.

This gracious provision of salvation through the substitutionary death of Christ reminds us that faith, not law, is our abundant hope. "But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for 'The just shall live by faith.'" Faith involves depending upon the work of another, even Christ. Living by law is not living by faith. It is living by human performance. "Yet the law is not of faith, but "The man who does them shall live by them."

Dear Lord, I praise You for taking upon Yourself the curse of the law that I deserved. My heart exults that the just shall live by faith, not by human performance. Please teach me to live by faith and not by law, Amen.

Children and Humor - True?

SCHOOL:

A little girl had just finished her first week of school. "I'm just wasting my time," she said to her mother. "I can't read, I can't write and they won't let me talk!"

BIBLE:

A little boy opened the big family bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. "Mama, look what I found", the boy called out.

"What have you got there, dear?" With astonishment in the young boy's voice, he answered, "I think it's Adam's underwear!"

Children and Humor - True?

DEATH:

While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said:

"Glory be unto the Faaather, and unto the Sonnn ..... and into the hole he gooooes."

Children and Humor - True?

ELDERLY:

While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"

Children and Humor - True?

POLICE # 1:

While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, "Are you a cop?" "Yes," I answered and continued writing the report. "My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?" "Yes, that's right," I told her. "Well, then," she said as she extended her foot toward me, "would you please tie my shoe?"

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POLICE # 2:

It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. "Is that a dog you got back there?" he asked. "It sure is," I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, "What'd he do?"

Children and Humor - True?

OPINIONS:

On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents."

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KETCHUP:

A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup to come out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. "It's the minister, Mommy," the child said to her mother. Then she added, "Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle."

Children and Humor - True?

HONESTY:

My son Zachary, 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he'd dropped his toothbrush into the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it in the garbage. Zachary stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to my bathroom and came out with my toothbrush. He held it up and said with a charming little smile, "We better throw this one out too then, 'cause it fell in the toilet a few days ago.

Children and Humor - True?

NUDITY:

I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!"

Hoekstra Devotion - October 9

Growing in Grace through Living by Faith:

Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith . . . For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."  (Hab_2:4 and Rom_1:16-17)

In our four previous devotions on Jesus as our ultimate example, we concluded our series on "humility and grace" and began to consider "faith and grace." If we want to grow in the grace of God, we must live by faith, since faith accesses grace. "We have access by faith into this grace in which we stand" (Rom_5:2).

Our present, initial verse also builds upon our earlier studies on humility, which was repeatedly contrasted with pride. "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (Jam_4:6). Habakkuk was inspired of the Spirit to state the same truth in this form. "Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him." James contrasted pride with humility. Here, the prophet concluded his statement by contrasting pride with faith. The proud person is depending upon himself. The humble person is willing  to depend upon the Lord. The humble person is the one who will be growing in the grace of God.  

This simple proclamation of living by faith is so profound that it is repeated in three strategic epistles in the New Testament. The first mention is in Romans in connection with the gospel of grace. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek." Paul was not embarrassed by the good news of the grace of God that was available in Jesus Christ. He knew that it was God's powerful truth that would save the soul of anyone (Jew or Gentile) who would believe in Christ. That message of grace offered God's righteousness to all who would believe. "For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith." The same righteousness that the law demanded, the gospel of grace provided. "But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God which is through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all who believe" (Rom_3:21-22). The righteousness that people need (both for a standing in heaven and for a walk on earth) comes by grace through faith. Yes, initially and continually, "The just shall live by faith."

O righteous Lord, I praise You for the gift of Your righteousness, by grace through faith. My heart rejoices that I have a righteous standing before You in heaven above. My heart humbly cries out in faith for a daily impartation of that same righteousness in and through my life for a godly walk on earth below, through the grace of Christ, Amen.

Another Groaner - I Had To Do It.

The Doctor's daughter:

An acquaintance of mine who is a physician told this story about her then 4-year-old daughter.

On the way to preschool, the doctor had left her stethoscope on the car seat, and her little girl picked it up and began playing with it.

"Be still, my heart," thought my friend, "my daughter wants to
follow in my footsteps!"

Then the child spoke into the instrument:

"Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?"

     Forrest - Now - For My Groaner:

A certain little girl, when asked her name, would reply,
"I'm Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter."

Her mother told her this was wrong, she must say,
"I'm Jane Sugarbrown."

The Vicar spoke to her in Sunday School, and said,
"Aren't you Mr. Sugarbrown's daughter?"

She replied, "I thought I was, but Mother says I'm not."

   Now - For My Groaner:

A little girl asked her mother, "Can I go outside and play with
the boys?"

Her mother replied, "No, you can't play with the boys, they're
too rough."

The little girl thought about it for a few moments and asked,
"If I can find a smooth one, can I play with him?"