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That brings up another question..... If there is any possibility that the Holy Spirit is doing something we don't see with their ministry, it would behoove us to be careful of the things we say about what they are doing. "You will know them by their fruits" Frankly, the fruits i see looking @ Olsteen et al is that they are into being happy in THIS world, and the scary thing is that sometimes God allows people to go this route and be happy in this life because He knows they are not going to make it to Heaven. In other words, he gives them "heaven" here because it is the only one they will ever know. I am not judging, just saying what might be going on w/ some of these health-wealth-prosperity heretics +

I agree Cletus. It's troubling. I enjoyed what you wrote... totally agree. Jesus said to pick up your CROSS every day... not your plan on how to be prosperous and "happy" (subjective term anyhow) ++

not in this case the jihadists know how evil they are. They know the whole world looks down on what they are doing They just are full of that old human disease called pride. And also they are self destructive, which is so human. We are all just so "human" (sub human) without Jesus Christ in our lives and hearts +++

me neither but Jesus did tell us to spread the gospel to the whole world We can do that, albeit in a hopeless manner. And then we can honestly say we did our best +

i don't know what TOS is and what it has to do with is HYPOCRICY and i have no idea what you are saying about making blanket statements about Catholics. I did nothing of the sort. i was speaking of hypocritical Catholics in the public arena + ++

America is a hypocrite becasue we express moral indignation and horror and outrage when we hear about the terrorism of ISIS and yet Wht about the terror that happens EVERY DAY in this country (4000 times a day) in what should be the safest, most peaceful place in the world: the womb? Muslims don't believe in abortion (or adultery, or fornication). They are right on those topics and others. Why they think it is OK to murder adults and even themselves is beyond me... Such is the nature of false religion, to get some things right and other things horribly wrong. Jesus established his Church and his is the right one (kind of a duh thing there...) anyway, i just wanted to say that some of the Muslim's criticisms of America are justified. But it is hard to take them seroiusly when they want to kill everyone in sight yeh, that kind of doesn't resonate with most foks.. +++

Can you give us some highlights, those of us who don't have sound? +

i agree. we're not to judge people self-righteously either... not just their salvation, but for instance, a person who is a slobbering drunk doesn't have any business passing judgement on someone who is smoking a joint. but your basic point is right on target. we absolutely ARE called to judge... righteously. That thing about "judge not" is misinterpreted a lot of the time. We are not supposed to say N is going to Hell and things like that, or that N, because s/he doesn't believe the way i do about, say infant baptism..is not a Christian But the Word tells us "By their fruits, you will know them" It would be absolutely absurd to look @ someone's fruits of evil and say, "Well, i can't judge..." The Word also says to expose the works of darkness and reprove them ++

So what are your thoughts on Joel Osteen guys? Is he false? Misunderstood? Some even say hes the anti-Christ. What are your thoughts? He is not a true Christian. But then, there are many who are not. In fact, it seems to me, in my own experiences in life, that those who are most vocal about letting others "know" they are Christian, are the ones who are the least truthworthy. He couldn't have that million dollar mansion without FOLLOWERS, so a lot of people are being duped, and gyped out of $$.But they will learn. When they see tht they themselves do not grow rich (w/o actual work of some kind), they will stop sending him $$ but it won't matter because there will always be some other naive person around to rip off... born every minute, ya know? sigh But he will get his comeupance in the next life like all of us will +++

LOL I thought u were going to say the first step is to get rid of Jimmy Carter

I've had the same thought. If strangers can just walk across, why can't the even stranger ones from the Middle East do the same? AFter all, they are about the same skin color and etc It's time for the US to join with Israel and all the other Democracies and kick the devil and his followers back into Hell ++

yeh, i heard a long time ago that the End would begin in Syria. I didn't agree w/ that at the time, but looks like that person was right. Then again, some think that Bible prophecy about End times has been fulfilled (Nero, etc..) God knows.. And even Jesus does not know when the End will come. Jesus tells us that.. although i can't recall where that is in the Bible +++

Thoughts? As is usually the case, falsehood hides itself behind truth. IT is essentially true that worshiping God and serving him helps those who do so. Obviously, God is in his Heaven, all is right in HIS world... meaning that he is perfect, and needs nothing from us. But that said, he created us, presumably so as to have a relationship with us. Actually, i am still not 100% convinced that God wants to have a relationship with the likes of ME, but... um... like, whatever... (just me??? just me on a not-so-great day??) Anyway, Joel Olsteen and wife do not teach the whole truth of Christ and God's Word. That health/wealth and prosperity stuff is NONSENSE. Jesus did not own a thing and he told us to walk in his footsteps. He told us to give all (virtually all) to the poor and come follow him...

it's time for all Americans to ARM themselves. Think how things could have been different if those REPORTERS taken by ISIS had been armed. These people are no longer human, in my opinion, but have turned into demons. "You will know them by their fruits" again, see the Old Testament. When people violated Gods laws back then, they were immediately zapped. God doesn't play around w/ evil. Why do humans? ++

perhaps because he is committed to our destruction. yeh, 4 sure, many of us have thought (still think) the same thing. It is just SO bizarre that someone like him got elected.. IT tells you something about our country, but i am not sure WHAT it tells us.. We are a bunch of idiots? LOL... Well, i don't think most americans are idiots, although there are some, those who vote "historically" for example... voting for someone just because of such unimportant criteria as race or sex. But most Americans are Right or Center Right, so it had to have been voter fraud that got t his virtual communist elected... Gee... so strange that the US would have such a problem with voter fraud that this could happen... ---

what he should do is attempt to kill every single ISIS member. Ever seen someone try to kill cockroaches in his home with just a few bits of poison placed here or there? might get rid of a couple of them, but you have to get rid of ALL of them, every single one or you are going to be infested forever ===

LOL... love that photo/captions of Reagan yeh, Obama is such an amateur. How in the world did he get elected?? Do you think it was voter fraud? How could it be otherwise when most of the country is Right or Center Right? I have just never gotten this... seems unfathomable I had read books about him b4 his 1st election and tried to warn people he was a virtual communist but apparently not many were listening (True, i didn't get to address all 350 million Americans, but anyhow..) I hope obamacare gets overturned, assuming that is possible at this late date. I tend to think it is, but honestly, the topic rather overwhelms me and i don't know what the heck to think at htis point Ted Cruz! YES