Isaiah 6:8

Hi Josh, I moved this to the new video section.

Amen, good for me to hear today!

I did a check, they have been around since the 1920's, Alex Jones is a bit late on this discovery. From the official website.

The inspection stations in California have been around for at least 25 years plus. They are there to keep people from bringing in crop destroying pests, and we had one just outside the town I lived in. They only stop vehicles with non California license plates. I know a person that worked for our "Bug" station as we call it. They have stopped many types of bugs etc from going in. Its not a big deal and Alex Jones does go over the top with some things, this is one of them.

This video is important enough to be pinned, so I am.

Justice in the Real World Oct 3rd, 2011. Penned by Katie Tilden Social Justice. It's a popular word these days. There seems to be a new awakening of justice awareness in both Christian and secular cultures and circles. Perhaps this explains the surge of super-hero movies that have saturated Hollywood for the past several years. Justice has become a trend. Bringing an end to evil and defending the poor is cool. Think of all the stars who adopt children from 3rd world countries and all of the fashion trends that promote justice (TOMS shoes, and (RED), just to name a few). As far as trends go, this is definitely not a bad one; the world will benefit from a generation that is outward focused and interested in ensuring the rights of others. But, as we fearlessly chase after justice for all, it is important to consider what real justice is; what God means by the word, 'justice.' Justice can have many different meanings in both English and the biblical languages Hebrew and Greek. Possibly the most straightforward definition of justice is making sure that someone receives what they deserve – whether that means going to jail, or receiving a paycheck. Justice can also refer to fair and equal opportunity – this is the kind of justice that many people refer to when they talk about social justice. This means that the 12 year old girl who lives in a slum in Mumbai will be able to go to school and receive an education just like the 12 year old girl who lives in a townhouse in London. But there is one more kind of justice – the kind that I believe God calls his people to, just as much as he calls them to advocate for equality, if not more so. Deuteronomy 10:18-19 says, “God upholds the cause of the orphan and the widow, and befriends the stranger.” The word “cause” in this verse is mishpat in Hebrew – it is often translated as “justice.” Mishpat not only includes receiving what is deserved or having equal opportunity, mishpat requires a person to take the cause of another onto themselves – to open their heart to compassion and allow the plight of others to become their own. Mishpat is used in the Bible 414 times – many of those times God is instructing his people to “do mishpat,” to be breathing pictures of God's love and character for a hurting world. It can be tempting in the Christian life to take on the “super-hero” mindset when it comes to justice. To align our minds with a principle of equality and fairness, pull on our bad-guy butt kicking boots, and tightly fasten on our capes, take to the streets and selflessly rescue the needy, feed the hungry, and ensure that the forces of evil are defeated... all in days work, right? There is just one problem. God's call to justice, to take on the cause of the oppressed (mishpat), requires that we do more than adopt a set of principles regarding equality and fairness. God calls us to compassion, he calls us to feel the burden of the oppressed, the needy, and the hurting. When we look for examples of true, Godly justice, we need to look no further than Jesus. Jesus did to justice what he did to all things – he turned it on its head. He offered food to the hungry, as well as forgiveness to the thieves; he provided healing for the sick, as well as friendship to the outcast. There is no question that justice is of the utmost importance to God. However, as we strive to obey his edicts to seek justice, we must remember that God's justice is one of compassion and love. Let us continue to feed the hungry – not because we should, but because God has broken our hearts for them, because we can feel the sting of their empty stomachs inside our own. Let us continue to fight for the rights of the poor and marginalized – but not because we live in a time when doing so can make you a modern day hero, but because the compassion of Jesus' Spirit living within us allows us to feel the crushing weight of a flawed and broken system. And of course, let us continue to pray for and work with governments as they – in some cases – try to stop and punish those who are oppressing people in need, but let us never harden our hearts toward them. After all, to Jesus, real justice holds compassion and forgiveness even for those who oppress. We are called to love and pray for them just as much as we are called to love and pray for those they are hurting. True justice is a love so deep and wide, that its forgiveness for all is just as limitless as its compassion for the needy. http://www.ywamthai....real-world.html

Don' t know who I support, its a bit harder to follow from Norway. Though it turns out that I am distantly related to Romney. But since I don't know much of the man, does not mean he has my support even if he is my relative.

I have an audio Bible as well, a few versions. I also have "Mere Christianity" C.S. Lewis "The Four Loves" C.S. Lewis "The pilgrims Regress" C.S. Lewis "The cost of Discipleship" Dietrich Bonhoeffer "This Present Darkness" Frank E Peretti "Piercing the Darkness" Frank E Peretti Then I ran out of money on my gift account to Audible! I also got a few more but I do enjoy listening to audio books when I am doing cleaning etc.

Welcome.

I think he did here, the link Isaiah posted: ...and also to the Greek Actually Joe posted that one....

Since the video links to the webisodes are in a format not available to this site So I am linking to the site with the videos. On December 9th, 2007, a gunman opened fire into a Youth With A Mission dorm in Denver, Colorado killing 2 people and injuring 2 others. “JesusFreaks” is an observational, character-driven documentary, based on a young, dynamic, visionary leader, John Murphy and his school of 45 boarders (ages 17-25) as he guides them through a maze of spiritual transformation in the wake of tragedy. With little in common but God and snowboarding, these young boarders wrestle with authority, substance abuse, religion, dysfunctional relationships, death and more. Guided by peer leadership, deep faith, and the longing of fresh snow, they set out on a journey that will ruin them for the ordinary. http://www.jesusfrea...urrent-episode/ They are a bit intense,

From C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity...

Very Cool!

No, but pride can be puffed up with knowledge. Its a heart issue. I know many who study the word, in depth because they love it, and like you its a real passion. But many do have a snobby attitude about it, a holier then thou approach. That is what I believe Old Shep is warning about. As he said one of the indications of this pride is that they are know it all's and unteachable. They know everything, you know nothing and you had better not tell them they are wrong, for in there pride they feel like they know everything about God, and you can teach them nothing. I belive that is the spirit of the op. In a nutshell I heard it put this way once. ONLY word you dry up. ONLY Spirit you blow up. You need both. In other words, a person who studies the word and excludes any work of the spirit, does not let the Lord reveal information, may as well be an atheist for the good it does him. They Christ life inside of them dries up. However a person who ignores the word and goes all spirit tends to led astray in hyper spiritualism, and is easily deceived as they have no anchor in the word. You need to have both the word and the spirit.

Andy, I think what Old Shep is speaking of is people quite the opposite of you. Those who study theology to make themselves look better then others, to have a pride of knowledge. Theyy study and box God into what they think, they study to the point of spiritually drying up completely, where they have no relationship with Christ, but instead have a religion based on grand ideas about theology but nothing to do with God. You, by far are not one of those people!

I'll have to disagree with you on that one, Its communism. Government controls everything! I now live in Norway, and most Norwegians do not understand why many Americans hate anything to do with socialism. Then I tell them what our "Socialistic" leaders say and do under the name of socialism and they state, "That is communism, not socialism" You see in Norway they have a concept of socialism of, "If I scratch my neighbors back, when I have an itch they'll scratch mine." and that is how they approach all social issues. They do not mind the government overseeing programs like healthcare, as long as they make it so everyone is helping everyone else. However the government here does not try to legislate, cows or happy meals, the Norwegians would riot over such behavior. The Norwegians have a good balance of social programs and open capitalism, and it seems to work well. Of course this also works because Norway as a country spends less then it makes and has a "emergency" found of an equivalent of 500 billion USD. To be sure there are those here that are pushing for more government control but the people will not have it.

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Thanks all I am loving the input, keep it coming!

I am going to leave this locked, I just wanted to say one thing. People are only banned for their behavior, never for their beliefs.

wow.

Can anyone say "Big Brother"?

You know I have read this verse but have hardly, if ever have heard it spoken of in church or otherwise. I wonder what the signification of this happening is. I know it would not be mentioned in the Word if it was not important. Thoughts?

interesting!

I agree with what the others said, its good to let him go, though it may be hard. Once you have been in a deeper relationship then friendship, its not wise to try to keep the same level of friendship. Also when you do get married, if he was still your best friend you would again have to let him go, as your spouse should be the only person of the opposite sex that is your best friend, anyone else that is, is risking an affair, of the heart even if not physical. Welcome to worthy, I hope you stay around and get to know us!

Its a good question, I should be able to answer. First of all, there is no one here that has a full time job doing this, some of us are just here a lot, for different reasons. For instance we have many on the boards that are retired, and no longer work. We have a lot of younger people students and such that still live at home with there families, and we even have a few people who are disabled and can not work, who fill there free time here. Then you have people like myself. I am currently out of work and looking for it. I have moved to a different country so I need to both try to find a job and learn the language here. Many, if not most others have a full time 7-8 hour a day job, and come in when they are off of work. I did that for years, where I would be on worthy after I got home from work. So I hope that answers your question!