Jayne

My area which includes several churches and organizations have been doing this for years - since the late 1990's. There is a regional drop off center in our area. They have to go through every single box to make sure that nothing inappropriate is in there like medicines, war toys, candies that will melt, and shampoos, et al. They also find some boxes over-filled and some under-filled and they occasionally re-distribute the contents. I like that the children served are given the gospel in terms of workbooks in their language and are in most places are able to attend a one to two week Bible camp. It's a wonderful program and they also produce a "catalog" where people can purchase livestock for these people, provide for clean water, and a whole LOT more.

Is your objection to the word or the place?

Yes, the problems of this world are terribly huge and horrible. However, our daily issues are important to God because they are important to us and he wants us to live an abundant life here. John 10:10. That doesn't mean the health and wealth lies of some churches, but it means a full life committed to him. 1. Tell God that you are having trouble bringing your burdens to him because you don't think that they are important to him. Tell him what you have told us. 2. The Bible says for us to "cast ALL your cares on him [God] BECAUSE he cares for you."...1 Peter 5:7. "All" means all. No matter how trivial or how gigantic. 3. The devil is thrilled when we do not cast all our cares on God. If he can get us less dependent on the LORD, we become prime targets for his evilness.

The scripture uses the word, cross, about 28 or so times in the New Testament. It is the Koine Greek word, σταυρός [stauros], and it means a "pole or cross used for capital punishment." Some believe the cross to be one piece with two perpendicular sides and others believe it to be a pole with the arm piece attached at the crucifixion. Either way - the standard shape. And when Jesus explained to Peter that Peter, himself, would be crucified, he said that Peter's arms would be stretched "out". That implies the traditional cross that people think of. As for wearing an instrument of death around one's neck, it isn't the torture device that is heralded by the wearing of the cross, but the glorious atonement of the blood of Jesus Christ, that Lamb of God, that is heralded. The atonement saves us. I have many crosses. I wear them as a sign of atonement and the glory of Christ.

Just because he was blind and a beggar doesn't mean he didn't or couldn't have spiritual insight. There are men standing behind a pulpit and people singing solos in church who have no spiritual insight. Spiritual insight requires no formality of birth or station. It requires the Holy Spirit and faith. He knew it was Jesus coming because the people said it aloud and he heard them. Jesus is about to die soon and everyone knows who Jesus is. He's the talk of the region - good or bad talk. Bartimaeus had heard of him, obviously, and through the Holy Spirit's prompting - he believed in him with faith enough to shout! The Holy Spirit didn't fall upon the church and Christians as a whole until Pentecost. But the Holy Spirit can be found even in the Old Testament.

I can't speak for God as to why this has happened. Just lean on him as how to help her AND yourself.

You've been given a very heavy load and on purpose. Is there someone in management you could talk to about this and get them to understand how hard it is? It isn't fair to you to be continually tied to her. Yes, you do have a ministry towards her, but couldn't you trade her for another worker and then possibly trade back? I have no idea what your job is, but someone needs to know that you are at the breaking point. Is this affecting YOUR work? Could she be "shared" with other colleagues? Just keep praying for her, helping her, and asking God to lead you.

I'm on a break, but I am going to answer this question. Note that God has not destroyed any other city by fire after Sodom and Gomorrah, either. Those towns were the only time. Why? Jude 1:7 says that the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire is an example to the rest of humanity of the punishment of hell. There have been far WORSE towns, nations, and civilizations than Sodom and Gomorrah. The Bible says so. And today - our modern nations, including my own, are worse. Sodom and Gomorrah's sin had come to fruition. Ergo, God's judgment. God's fire and brimstone. Whenever we read of Sodom and Gomorrah [and the small surrounding cities that were destroyed], we MUST think about hell. EVERY preacher who preaches on this topic MUST preach on hell. Jesus' half-brother, Jude, in his short book of the Bible says that this is what the story is about: The destruction of a group of cities that should point the mind to the concept and reality of hell. Hell is real.

Love you all. Might be back by Thanksgiving. Might not. I am a stumbling block to someone here and it pains me greatly. God bless.

It's not that. I think the vending machine condoms and pill promote a looseness of morals.

I was thinking of any woman at any time who via rape, married sex, or unfortunately unmarried sex who can go to her doctor/pharmacists and obtain the pill. I don't like the vending machine concept.

I've heard something like that before. The Hebrew word is צֵלָע - pronounced tsey - law'. It is used 41 times in the King James Version: side (19x), chamber (11x), boards (2x), corners (2x), rib (2x), another (1x), beams (1x), halting (1x), leaves (1x), planks (1x). I don't have a problem with rib or side.

So it's a woman's fault all the time - all the time it's a woman's fault. I get so tired of women being blamed for all the sins of the world. My mother [born 1941] worked both inside and outside the home and was a blessed keeper of our home. My father enouraged her.

I prefer no vending machines for college students. I prefer abstinence for the unmarried.

The morning after pill does not cause an abortion. It prevents pregnancy. It will stop ovulation [ergo stopping fertilization]. If you are actually pregnant, it does nothing. I have no problem with a morning after pill. It is not the abortion pill.

~le sigh~ I know I'm going to regret posting this, but...... Let me tell you first of all that I like the King James. That's all we had growing up and it was the Bible preached from when I was saved. It's not the Bible I read today, but I would never dismiss it nor trash it. 2 Samuel 21:19 - The King James has "the brother of" Goliath in italics. That means the translators of the King James added these words for clarity's sake. "the brother of" is not in ancient texts. I have no answers for all of this as I have not studied it, but there has to be an answer other than just adding words. I think I'll ponder on this a while. You said you couldn't read from a Bible that has "Elhanan killed Goliath". What if someone said, "I can't read from a Bible that has 8,000 marginal notes showing they had trouble translating words and passages". That's the King James. I understand this is true, as I have read many of those marginal notes and it does not make me reject the King James. I just COMPLETELY understand that only the originals were inspired, everything else is "translated" or "tranliterated" and I completely trust the marjority of Bible I read. For example: In Judges, when the Levites concubine leaves him - does she leave for 4 months or a year and 4 months? the 1611 King James says 4 month, but in the margin the same KJV notes that the correct translation could also be a year and 4 months. They just didn't know. There are 8,000 of these notations. My advice - choose the Bible you prefer and read it in peace.

While I agree with you, I will have to add. A Christian should DESIRE to be involved with a Godly and active church. They MUST read their Bibles to even know if what is being preached and taught is the truth. But don't throw the church away.

I guess I haven't made myself clear on what you are claiming here. What does the last twenty years have to do with people my age taking the SOLE blame for the sins of the world? This is what you have been claiming, right? That the devil has run amuck because of people born between 1946 and 1964. That no other generation has any sin?

Here's my problem with your multiple posts showing your disdain for people my age. It's the article here - "the". You said in your title that us boomers are "THE" lukewarm generation. That's insulting and a lie. Each generation has its good points and its bad points. For every one of your slams against boomers, I could list 100 wonderful and Godly things people in my generation have done for the cause of Christ and aid to humanity. We aren't perfect ....... but ........ ......we are NOT the the SOLE generation that is sending the world to hell in a handbasket. And I can't figure out why you blame us all for the sins of the world?

You said that the Shepherds who "take money" would run when trouble came. I took you to mean that we should not pay our pastors. If that's not what you meant, I stand corrected.

Where did Jesus say that? Here's what I see that he said. In John 10 = “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.”

@believeinHim I have asked you time and time again as to WHY you "oy vey" me all the time. You just ignore me. And you know how I feel about that button as I made a thread about and you cited it I have no idea of what I said on page 2 that could have possibly been offensive to you. I realize that most here think the button is just a big joke. But I have no idea what YOU think "oy vey" means. I just don't need this. You can have the forum, sister. God bless you.

It can be......

Yes, I know. I taught math for decades. I was just helping her with what "square footage" means. She didn't seem to understand.

To say something has so much "square feet", you have to have two numbers. How long something is and how wide something is. Then you multiply the 2 numbers. For example, if a person's washroom is 7 feet long and 5 feet wide, then you multiply 7 feet x 5 feet and get 35 square feet.