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  1. What about President Trump? Could he be the one to break the dynasty?
  2. Years ago, Malcolm Young wrote or co-wrote a song called, "Hell's Bells". I will explain why I am mentioing that, momentarily ... Even though Young and AC/DC wrote and recorded a lot of Satanic music, and even though they were all drug-crazed lunatics, and even though they led a lot of people (particularly children and teenagers) astray, I still believe that God's forgiveness covers all sins. Does anybody know ... Did Malcolm Young ever repent? Did he ever become a Christian? Even while he was on his deathbed? If he became a Christian, even on his deathbed, and if he was genuinely repentant, then I do believe he could be in heaven today? But does anybody know whether that happened or not? If not, then he is probably hearing Hell's bells right now!
  3. I would like to thank all of you who participated in this discussion about good, Christian short stories. I prayed about it, and on the advice of another friend, I searched the Classic Shorts web site. And I finally decided on a story called "Was it Heaven? Or Hell?", by Mark Twain (whose true name, as I am sure you all know, was Samuel L. Clemens). For those of you who are interested, here is a link to the story: http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/wihoh.html Thank you once again, and God bless you alll! Mark
  4. Hello, everybody! :-) I belong to a group that calls itself a "book club" but should more accurately be referred to as a "short story sharing club". And, pretty soon, it will be MY turn to share a short story. Therefore, I would like to ask anyone and everyone on Worthy Boards for suggestions! Of course, I would like it to be a short story with some Christian content. But I would prefer that it be one in which the Christian contet is fairly low-key, and non-controversial. Because many or most of my fellow members of this book club are non-Christians. In other words, I would like it to be a short story that can potentially plant a few seeds with some searching non-Christians, but without being likely to offend anybody! I would also like to to be either a story that is available for download on the Internet, OR a story that is now legally in the public domain. (And works that used to be copyrighted become public domain property fifty years after the death of the original author.) Finally, I would prefer it to be a story written by an author who is at least FAIRLY well known, such as John Bunyan or C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkein! Any recommendations? Thanks in advance! Mark
  5. <SNIP!> Well, here in Canada, where I live, the federal Parliament -- about two years ago -- passed a law that supposedly does just that; the law allows gay marriges but is supposed to allow churches and religious organizations that don't believe in gay marriage (Christian and non-Christian alike) to opt out of performing gay marriages. But the Christian community in my country is concerned that the law does not go far enough in protecting churches, denominations, ministers, and other religious leaders who do not want to perform gay marriage. I will try not to make this posting too lengthy, but here is one of the concerns: United Church of Canada is officially in favour of gay marriage, even though there are many Bible-believing ministers within the denomination who are against it. Nothing in the current law protects a minister -- in a denomination such as United Chruch of Canada -- from being defrocked by his or her denomination for refusing to perform a gay marriage. In all fairness, no minister in United Church has been defrocked for that kind of thing so far, but the potential is there ... Along the same lines, there is the concern -- in my opinion, the very legitimate concern, that allowing gay marriages coulld be a slippery slope; it could be the thin edge of the wedge. If we allow a law that legalizes gay marriages -- but doesn't force any minister or other religious leader to perform gay marriage ceremonies -- today, then the gay community may very well be lobbying for a law that will force them to perform gay marriages tomorrow! I agree with you there. But we have to remember that my country -- like yours -- is a democracy, not a theocracy! And in a democracy, it is not practical to try to make all kinds of non-Christian weddings illegal. It is not practical in a democratic society to outlaw Jewish weddings, for example, let alone Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, etc. weddings, as well as totally non-religious ones. However, it is practical to outlaw gay marriages, because Bible-believing Chistians are not the only ones who are opposed to gay marriages. Sikhs, "Koran-believing" Moslems, Orthodox Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and most other major religions are opposed to gay marriages as well. In fact, even a lot of non-relgious people who simply understand the importance of preserving the family as an institution are opposed to gay marriages. So the bottom line is, the reason that the churches are focussing on fighting against gay marriages -- but not against non-Christian marriages in general, is because we have to make the distinction between what is and isn't practical in a democracy! Hope that helps answer your questions, Secondeve! TTYL WLIC -- MRHarvey
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