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       Listen to Pastor Mike Winger 🕊️. He is
       knowledgable without being pedantic or a scold. 
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: July 17, 2022, 11:09 am
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       [center]20 Questions with Pastor Mike 🕊️ (Episode
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       0:00 - Intro
       1. 0:07 {Spiritual but Not Religious?} How should we respond
       when someone says, “I’m not religious, I’m spiritual”?
       2. 23:14 {Who is our “Neighbor”?} “Who, then, is my neighbor?”
       In Luke 10: 25-37, I know the Good Samaritan is me, but who does
       the "neighbor" he helped represent? I have never met a naked,
       beaten, and robbed Jew...I don't think.
       3. 26:35 {About Mid-Acts Dispensationalism} Can you give some
       more information on the Mid-Acts Dispensationalism movement? It
       sounds biblical.
       4. 31:11 {Should Ungodly Behavior Cause Doubt?} If I were to
       doubt Christianity (I don't), it would be because of a lack of
       holiness. Christians seem to be jerks at the same rate as the
       world, or more. Why is this, if we have the Holy Spirit?
       5. 36:40 {God in the Garden} Who was walking in the garden in
       Genesis 3:8? Was it Jesus, the Father, the Holy Spirit, or all
       three?
       6. 41:50 {About Anglo/British Israelism} What are your thoughts
       on Anglo-Israelism or British Israelism? It is the belief that
       America and the British commonwealth are physical descendants of
       Israel.
       7. 44:41 {Discerning True vs. False Prophecies} How do you test
       WOF prophecy when it sounds more like insights/encouragements,
       not foretelling future events? What SHOULD modern prophecy sound
       like?
       8. 48:49 {Is Fear of Hell a Valid Motivator?} Would a death bed
       conversion work if the main driving factor is the fear of Hell
       rather than choosing to trust God?
       9. 51:58 {Biblical Advice for Parents} What advice can you give
       to parents in these times to help them raise children who choose
       to trust and follow Jesus later in life? Can you do a biblical
       series on parenting?
       10. 55:33 {What Should I Do if I Question My Salvation?} If
       someone is thinking that they might not be saved, seeing their
       sinfulness, what should they do? “Not sinning” sort of seems
       like a Band-Aid on the problem.
       11. 1:00:07 {Singular vs. Plural Pronouns for God?} Why is it
       improper to refer to God as "they" instead of "He," since He is
       three persons? Example of the problem: "He spoke to Job out of
       the storm" tends to make us think the Father alone is speaking.
       12. 1:03:03 {Can Past Sins Disqualify a Man from Leadership?} If
       a man’s pre-salvation life is especially disgraceful, could he
       ever truly be “above reproach” (1 Timothy 3:2)? Could old sin,
       then, even if confessed, disqualify him from being a pastor or
       elder?
       13. 1:09:07 {About the Geneva Bible} In your study of Bible
       translations, have you ever looked at the Geneva Bible that I
       believe the pilgrims used? What is its textual basis? Do you
       think Christians should read it?
       14. 1:12:54 {Is there Room in Christianity for Psychedelics?}
       Given the resurgence of psychedelics for recreation and
       therapeutic use in Western society, is there room for it in
       Christianity, or should its use stay separate from spiritual
       practice?
       15. 1:17:59 {What were the “Horns” on the Altar?} Why did the
       altar in the Tabernacle have the horns? Could you please clarify
       this?
       16. 1:20:20 {What does it Mean to “Share in Christ’s
       Sufferings”?} When we share in Christ’s sufferings, does that
       refer only to suffering that comes in opposition to doing God’s
       will, or can it also include something like suffering through a
       disease or a loss?
       17. 1:24:35 {Is Anyone Presently in Hell?} Is Hell something
       that is taking place right now, or is that a future reality
       after the final judgment (Luke 16: 19-31)?
       18. 1:27:19 {Seminary Suggestions and How to Study Well} I’m
       currently a Junior in high school and plan to go to a seminary
       after school to become a preacher. How and where do I start
       studying the Bible to become a true BibleThinker?
       19. 1:30:56 {Are there Multiple “Gods” in Jeremiah?} Why does
       Jeremiah 46: 25 and Jeremiah 51: 44 make it seem like there are
       multiple gods? How can God punish a god that doesn’t exist?
       20. 1:35:41 {Should Prayer be a Dialogue or Monologue?} Should
       prayer be a dialogue or monologue? How should we determine if
       instances of humans having a dialogue with God in the Bible are
       to be taken as normative?
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       I hope that this video doesn't just trigger people (though I'm
       sure that's unavoidable) but that it stirs serious though
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: August 9, 2022, 11:07 am
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       [center]I Found These Atheist Memes Online. Here’s What’s Wrong
       with Them.[/center]
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       Timestamps!
       0:00 - Intro
       Meme 1: 0:43
       Meme 2: 4:51
       Meme 3: 11:28
       Meme 4: 21:39
       Meme 5: 31:37
       Meme 6: 35:57
       Meme 7: 39:49
       I hope that this video doesn't just trigger people (though I'm
       sure that's unavoidable) but that it stirs serious thought and
       consideration.
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       AGelbert COMMENT: Pastor Winger, you are a &#128367;&#65039;
       light in the present darkness.
       [move]The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the
       wicked shall be put out. Proverbs 13:9 King James Version[/move]
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       Three Big Myths about the History of Christianity and Science
       Exposed by Historian Michael Keas
   DIR By: AGelbert
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       [center]Three Big Myths about the History of Christianity and
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       between science and Christianity, discussing three big myths
       about the history of science and Christianity. Dr. Keas is
       author of Unbelievable: 7 Myths about the History and Future of
       Science and Religion.
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       IT'S THE SOCIAL DARWINISM, STUPID!
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: September 8, 2022, 3:45 pm
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       By Anthony G. Gelbert
       [center]IT'S THE SOCIAL DARWINISM, STUPID![/center]
       [move]The Ethical Human Shows Kindness Toward Women, the Poor,
       the Outcasts, the Weak, and Those Who are Suffering in different
       ways. To the Social Darwinist, Empathy Practiced by Ethical
       Humans is irrefutable evidence of inexcusable weakness.[/move]
       --- Quote ---
       > so·cial Dar·win·ism [&#712;s&#333;SH&#601;l
       &#712;därw&#601;n&#716;iz&#601;m] NOUN
       >
       > the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject
       to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and
       animals. Now largely discredited, social Darwinism was advocated
       by Herbert Spencer and others in the late 19th and early 20th
       centuries and was used to justify political conservatism,
       imperialism, and racism and to discourage intervention and
       reform.
       --- End Quote ---
       AGelbert NOTE: The above definition found in Bing is correct in
       everything but the part about Social Darwinism being "Now
       largely discredited". If anything, it is more destructively
       widespread than ever. Social Darwnism is the ideological
       cornerstone of Capitalism! Capitalism certainly hasn't "been
       discredited", but instead, has increased its pernicious (i.e.
       having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way)
       influence on the fabric of human society.
       --- Quote ---
       > "Capitalist ideology claims that the world is perfectly
       ordered and everybody is in their place (i.e. everybody gets
       what they deserve). This self legitmating aspect of Capitalism
       is Socially Catastrophic. This is the Victorian view of the
       world." Rob Urie - Author " Zen Economics
       --- End Quote ---
       In the above quote, Capitalist ideology is equated with the
       Victorian worldview. The problem for readers is that most
       people, especially my fellow Socialists, associate the Victorian
       worldview with "Christianity". This 'common wisdom' (used too
       often among Socialists to make Christianity the whipping boy) is
       an erroneous assumption. The fact is that the Victorian
       worldview was Orwellian (before Orwell!), in the extreme,
       because it claimed to be "Christian" when, in practice, it was
       Social Darwinism, the antithesis of Christianity.
       For those who claim that "Capitalism" is NOT "Social Darwinism",
       and 'I should not try to associate the morally bankrupt ideology
       of Social Darwism with Capitalism, which is only problematic for
       society when taken to extremes', please remember that exploiting
       the labor of other humans for profit, an integral part of the
       Capitalist's modus operandi, is NOT the MAIN goal of a
       Capitalist. The fundamental goal of every Capitalist true
       believer is to eliminate the competition in order to corner the
       market, thus guaranteeing price setting dictatorship which
       results in continually increasing the amount of Capital. This is
       socially destructive. WHY? Because, as more and more Capital is
       concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, more and more misery
       results in more and more humans.
       To the Capitalist, this is exactly the way it should be. That is
       why anyone who cares to look at what Capitalism REALLY means to
       the Capitalist worldview will see that there isn't a dime's
       worth of difference between the ideology of a Capitalist and
       that of a Social Darwinist.
       Capitalist ideology militates against altruistic behavior
       because it is a profit reducing "weakness". There is NO
       invisible hand "benefiting" (see: Orwell) society; there is only
       the "invisible" hand benefit (i.e. profit) for the
       self-interested (i.e. egocentric) individual, no matter what the
       cost to the community (there ALWAYS is a cost, NOT a benefit, to
       the community when an individual profits at the expense of
       others). A no holds barred "fiduciary responsibility" to
       bankrupt the competition is integral (necessary to make a whole
       complete; essential or fundamental) to Capitalism.
       To clearly see the Social Darwinist rot in Capitalism, you
       simply need to understand that every Capitalist (see: "Apex
       Predator") sees himself or herself as a &#129421;
       self-interested individual, NOT a member of the community,
       duty-bound (i.e. morally or legally obliged to do something) to
       preserve and protect the welfare of his or her community.
       Read the following and tell me if it doesn't fit EXACTLY with
       the Capitalist ideology dominating the USA today:
       
       Social Darwinists believe that ethics based principles are
       'limitations pretending to be virtues'. To them, ethics are
       'feel good illusions' that humans invented to pretend our
       species has empathy. To Social Darwinists, empathy is
       irrefutable evidence of inexcusable weakness. To them, all who
       are guided by ethics are deluded fools that should be eliminated
       from the human 'apex predator' gene pool for the "good" of our
       species.
       Enthusiastic converts to Social Darwinism have, to this day,
       used the language of evolution to frame an understanding of the
       growing gulf between the rich and the poor, as well as the many
       differences between cultures all over the world. The explanation
       they arrived at, and continue to use to justify biosphere
       trashing profit over people and planet, regardless of any
       alligator tear filled mendacious claims to the contrary, is that
       businessmen and others who are economically and socially
       successful are so because they are biologically and socially
       “naturally” the fittest. &#128580;&#129300;
       Conversely they reason that the poor are “naturally” weak and
       unfit and it would be an error to allow the weak of the species
       to continue to breed. &#128552;
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       The &#128520; money lenders have played a key role in funding
       this deceit propagated in high schools and universities, where
       it is passed off as "the Capitalist fiduciary duty of
       corporations to make a profit above ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION, be
       it the health and wellbeing of employees or the environment". It
       is, and always was, legerdemain formulated by the monied elite
       to dress up selfish, abusive, exploitative and cruel behavior
       towards "less important" humans and/or animals experimented upon
       in research labs, as "scientifically justified".
       &#128226; Not only is Social Darwinism NOT scientifically
       justified in ANY way, shape or form, if we do not vigorously
       &#128509; act to make &#128330;&#65039; ethical &#127774;
       behavior sine qua non in our schools, businesses and all other
       everyday social activities and practices, AND take &#128509;
       punitive measures to permanently remove the socially, AND
       &#9760;&#65039; environmentally, catastrophic influence of
       &#128176;&#128520;&#127913; Social Darwinists through &#128509;
       fines and/or prison, things will only get &#128169; worse.
       &#128556;&#128565;&#128561;
       Here are some quotes by erudite &#10024; writers that clearly
       expose the pernicious Social Darwinist ROT destroying the fabric
       of our society:
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       > "The American idea, meanwhile — descended from slavery — was
       just the opposite: only the strong should survive, and the weak
       should perish. Therefore, nobody deserved anything at all — even
       the basics — because human life had no inherent or intrinsic
       worth. Only the strong deserved such things — and they were the
       ones who could dominate and exploit and control everyone else."
       -- Umair Haque
       --- End Quote ---
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       > "Trump’s failure to go strong with masking, “lockdowns,” and
       invocation of the Defense Production Act (to order the mass
       manufacture of medical supplies) reflected not only his desire
       to keep the economy going (ironically enough since failure to
       undertake proper public health measures deepened the economic
       impact of the virus) for his re-election but also his rejection
       of science and his racist, Social Darwinian, and pre-genocidal
       approval of how COVID-19 especially killed the old, the infirm,
       the poor, and the nonwhite and how the virus initially targeted
       big multiracial urban and Democratic areas." -- Paul Street
       February 7, 2021
       --- End Quote ---
       Agelbert NOTE: "Free-dumb", as described below by Paul Street,
       is indistinguishable from Social Darwinism in action:
       --- Quote ---
       > "America became obsessed with free-dumb: the idea of freedom
       as the removal of all restraint, the right to harm others, the
       ability to do anything you please, no matter how destructive,
       toxic, foolish, or inane. Americans — in the vast, vast majority
       — think of freedom in a way that by now the rest of the rich
       world and much of the poor one regards as dangerously backwards.
       Freedom is the right not to ever have to cooperate, to invest,
       to act for the common wealth or common good. Why is America the
       only rich society in the world that doesn’t have effectively any
       public goods? No functioning healthcare, retirement, higher
       education, and so forth? Because of free-dumb. “I won’t pay for
       their healthcare, education, retirement!!” Why not? “They’re
       weak! They’re liabilities and burdens!! They cost me money!!”
       But wait, don’t you understand that means you won’t have those
       very same things yourself — because such social institutions are
       for everyone? “I don’t care! I won’t reward weakness and
       laziness! Such people need to be punished! And I should be free
       not to have support the weak!”" -- Paul Street  February 7, 2021
       --- End Quote ---
       --- Quote ---
       > "Environmental decline is a threat to the everyone. If people
       conceived of themselves as members of this community, rather
       than as self-interested individuals, then ending environmental
       decline might take precedence over individual self-realization.
       Before dismissing this formulation as utopian, we, the people,
       do constitute the community that is threatened by environmental
       decline. The social tension here isn’t between individual and
       group interests. It is between people who understand themselves
       to be members of a community and those who don’t. While granting
       differences by class on the road to environmental Armageddon,
       ‘we’ are the community that will be &#9760;&#65039; annihilated.
       In this sense individualism is the ultimate authoritarian
       conceit." -- Rob Urie February 12, 2021
       --- End Quote ---
       --- Quote ---
       > "Look at our world, our country, our interactions with each
       other… … this is not the mark of a healthy society, and if these
       are the self-appointed leaders of this flaming meteor… ... it’s
       time to move on... ... Let’s relegate these fools to history.
       They perpetuate a narrative that it is right to behave in a
       strictly selfish, exploitative manner towards all. We simply
       can’t survive it any longer. Things will change because they
       have to -- Kathleen Wallace
       --- End Quote ---
       So then, do you agree that human society MUST embrace Ethical
       Behavior as the indispensable condition (sine qua non) in order
       to survive, and overcome, the onslaught of Social Darwinism?
       If not, you can stop reading now. If so, please read on. All
       people of good will who truly want to change things for the
       better should ponder the words below, of Spiros Zodhiates,
       seriously, prudently leaving aside preconcieved (i.e. formed
       before having the evidence for its truth or usefulness) notions
       of the Gospel of Luke. Ethical behavior is not optional for
       people of good will, whether they be Socialists or not. And, if
       you are a devotee of Greek Classical Literature, you will
       certainly find this interesting.
       Spiros Zodhiates,Th.D, wrote the folllowing introduction to the
       Gospel of Luke in the 1988 edition of the Hebrew-Greek Key Study
       Bible. Notice the contrast of the behavior of Jesus with what
       the "modern" Social Darwinist (See; "Apex Predators") empathy
       rejecting, morally bankrupt, "might equals right" worshipping
       ideology:
       
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       --- Quote ---
       > The Gospel of Luke
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       />portrays Jesus as the long awaited Messiah of the Jews and
       also
       the Savior of all mankind. Special emphasis is placed upon the
       kindness of Jesus toward women, the poor, the outcasts, the
       weak, and those who were suffering in different ways. In
       addition, the book is filled with expressions of praise and
       prayer. Luke's account had a universal appeal, aspecially to the
       Gentiles. Jesus is presented as the perfect Man who is truly
       interested in every person on earth, no matter what his station
       in life.
       >
       > Luke was aimed at the Greek mind, and therefore had to be
       written in a comprehensive, logical, and orderly manner. There
       are portions of the book which approach Classical Greek
       Literature. Luke has been called "the most beautiful book ever
       written."
       >
       > There is little doubt that the author was Luke, the "beloved
       physician" (Col. 4:14
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       />From the context of this passage we learn that Luke was "not
       of
       the circumcision" and, consequently, he may have been the only
       Gentile writer of the New Testament.
       >
       > Paul refers to him as his "fellow worker" in Philemon 24
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       />Several pasages indicate that he was a close companion to the
       Apostle during the missionary journys of the book of Acts.
       >
       > He was with Paul until the very end (II Tim. 4:11
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       />Judging fom the style of his Greek, we surmise that he was the
       most cultured of all the writers of the Gospel.
       --- End Quote ---
       
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       &quot;Thankfully, the Kingdom of God &#128330;&#65039; is not
       dependent on what happens in the U.S.”
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: September 22, 2022, 6:37 pm
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       AGelbert NOTE: This is a good article, but I wish they would put
       quotes around "Christianity" when it is the label an
       ANTI-Christian racist, Mammon worshipping "church"
       disingenuously goes by.
       Sojourners
       [b]SEP 21, 2022
       [center]7 REASONS NOT TO FREAK-OUT ABOUT DECLINE OF US
       CHRISTIANITY[/center]
       BY MITCHELL ATENCIO
       SNIPPETS:
       Sojourners asked faith writers, theologians, and activists to
       reflect on the scenarios Pew presented. The responders offered
       brief reflections by email on how Christians today might respond
       to the trends, and what Christianity in 2070 ought to look like,
       whether in the majority or minority. ... ...
       Rev. Letiah Fraser &#10024;, pastor with the Church of the
       Nazarene and organizer with the Poor People’s Campaign
       “This is not a statistic to fear; it is to be expected.
       Christianity in the U.S. has for far too long been steeped in,
       if not birthed out of, white supremacy and far too concerned
       with colluding with political parties in an effort to maintain
       control using manipulation tactics. It does not surprise me that
       people are walking away from a Christianity that has been more
       oppressive than liberating, especially to those on the margins
       of society.
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       However, while it is true that people want less to do with
       institutionalized Christianity, many &#128330;&#65039; still
       have, and want to maintain, a deep connection to God and to
       others who care about spiritual things.
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       />This does not bring me to despair because the early followers
       of
       Jesus were a minority religion. They were not perfect by any
       means, but they strived to create beloved communities around
       them in a political and religious atmosphere that did not favor
       followers of the way. Yet, it was said of them, they were people
       who turned the world upside. I wonder if becoming a minority
       religion will refocus our priorities on &#128330;&#65039; loving
       God and neighbor, care for the poor, and justice for those being
       oppressed.”
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       Marlena Graves&#10024;, author of The Way Up Is Down: Becoming
       Yourself by Forgetting Yourself
       “My first thought is, ‘Don’t panic.’ Closely following Jesus
       seldom wins popularity contests; it can get you crucified given
       that it upends hierarchies. ‘Many of the last shall be first.’
       Originally, Christians were the minority in the oppressive Roman
       Empire. Those who want to follow Jesus are to be servants, not
       masters. Our sustenance is to do the will of God whom we serve:
       loving God, neighbors, and enemies in practical ways, not in our
       imaginaries.
       Secondly, are documented and undocumented Latines, and the Black
       Church considered? Aren’t the disaffiliated primarily found
       among white evangelicals/Mainline/Roman Catholics? Isn’t
       Christianity steady, even on the rise, in the majority world?
       Thankfully, the Kingdom of God is not dependent on what happens
       in the U.S.”
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       The unvarnished TRUTH about most humans. 
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: October 7, 2022, 12:42 pm
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       &quot;... ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of
       man, and ye shall not see it.&quot;
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       Luke 17: 20-30
       And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of
       God should come[, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God
       cometh not with observation:
       Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
       kingdom of God is within you.
       And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye
       shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye
       shall not see it.
       And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after
       them, nor follow them.
       For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under
       heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also
       the Son of man be in his day.
       But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this
       generation.
       And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the
       days of the Son of man.
       They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in
       marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the
       flood came, and destroyed them all.
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       Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they
       drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
       But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and
       brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
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       Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is
       revealed.
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       [move]For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which
       are written may be fulfilled. -- Luke 21:22[/move]
       Luke 21:25-28
       And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the
       stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;
       the sea and the waves roaring;
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       Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those
       things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven
       shall be shaken.
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       [move]And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud
       with power and great glory.[/move]
       [color=navy]And when these things begin to come to pass, then
       look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth
       nigh.
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       Jesus Christ is the LORD of ALL, not your personal &quot;Santa
       Claus&quot;. REPENT while you still can. 
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: October 15, 2022, 11:43 am
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       [center]Jesus Christ is the LORD of ALL, not your personal
       "Santa Claus" that gives you all you want, while ignoring your
       unrepentant sin filled lifestyle because He "loves" you. That
       prosperity preaching Heresy is the path to perdition. REPENT
       while you still can. [/center]
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       [move]For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall
       be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be
       taken away from him. But those mine enemies, which would not
       that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them
       before me. -- Luke 19:26-27[/move]
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       Righteousness exalteth a nation: but ...
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: October 16, 2022, 11:48 am
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       [center]Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach
       to any people. -- Proverbs 14:34[/center]
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