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  1. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    Why was "Gehenna" changed to "Hell"?

    Why is gehenna, literally a reference to the Jerusalem city dump, replaced with or understood as HELL? The entire explanation can be rather lengthy and as convoluted as the reason for the mistranslation in the first place. Why gehenna = hell? In a word - FEARMONGERING. There is no such thing...
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    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    Quite right. I agree. The only caveat to your statement is that JEWS AREN'T ALLOWED in church. I'm not speaking to appearances and visits of Jews with friends and relatives at church dog & pony shows (for that's what most have become). I'm referring to absolute refusal of non-Jews to visit...
  3. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    You know, for all your fancy scribbling you failed to answer the question. We are all suitably impressed with your scholarship, but where are the answers such learning professes to convey? You should run for political office. You'd be good at press conferences. So....now we know the...
  4. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    "We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God. We do not want to learn that. We may quarrel with men sometimes about things of this earth, but we never quarrel about the Great Spirit. We do not want to learn that." (Chief Joseph leader of the NEZ PERCE people) "As...
  5. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

    You are quoting dogmatic eisegetical statements here. Most are incorrect according to scriptural context. There are only two destinies for mankind. One is eternal. The other is not. There is no such thing as eternal torment in any form whatsoever. There is only death for the spiritually...
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    Would you vote for / support Ron DeSantis for President of the USA in 2024?

    Ultimately the decision will be made by voters. We can sure of one thing in that if the tally goes against Mr. Trump he will surely cry 'foul'. Anyone who disagrees with him is a traitor in his eyes. that's me, hollering from the choir loft...
  7. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    Would you vote for / support Ron DeSantis for President of the USA in 2024?

    You don't get it, do you? Very few American political fanatics 'get it'. The entire political thing is a horse race and it doesn't matter which nag gets the prize at the end of the track. The nation is ruled by the Deep State, not by POTUS or the elected members of congress. The President of...
  8. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    Would you vote for / support Ron DeSantis for President of the USA in 2024?

    I confess I don't have a handle on popularity either. "The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best." (Will Rogers) Both sides claim their guy is best. Doesn't matter how much or...
  9. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    Sanctification is not a Process

    "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!" (Matthew 23:37) Your quote of scripture is incorrect. Matthew 23:37 quotes Jesus' lament...
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    Would you vote for / support Ron DeSantis for President of the USA in 2024?

    The last American president to attempt to "root out and destroy the Deep State" was John F. Kennedy. Allen Dulles, former CIA chief, arranged for JFK to get a bullet in his head for those efforts. Bobby too AND MLK. Baby brother Ted ended up an alcoholic lush for the rest of his life. If 30%...
  11. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    Would you vote for / support Ron DeSantis for President of the USA in 2024?

    I get it. I like your rant. I'd print it and hang it on my office wall if I thought it would change anything in America. Sadly, it won't. We in America have turned our back upon God. As a consequence MADNESS rules the land. There is nothing logical or factual about it at all. Madness and...
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    Would you vote for / support Ron DeSantis for President of the USA in 2024?

    Oh yes, Trump was indeed manipulated by those behind the curtain. In his book FEAR, author Bob Woodward describes memos, phone calls, and various other actions by then president Trump which were blocked in one way or another. Mr. Woodward tells of several episodes when memos written by Trump...
  13. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    Sanctification is not a Process

    Once one is led to Christ the Holy Spirit indwells the man. The purposes of the indwelling spirit are many. Some of them are TO ENABLE US TO LIVE LIVES PLEASING UNTO GOD, by the LAW. We aren't given the Holy Spirit to lead lives of hedonistic purpose are we? What standard then do we adhere...
  14. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    Sanctification is not a Process

    Interesting testimony. "They don't believe it is their job to point out sins." In today's hedonistic society REPENTANCE is thought to cause people to walk away from the church. Fewer people in the pews equates to smaller donation$ and THIS IS what the whole thing is really about. It's not...
  15. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    Sanctification is not a Process

    Absolute carnal secular bovine excrement. There is no such thing as the law of love. Human love is nothing more than hormonal secretions and social conditioning. THIS IS WHY so many in America are confused about themselves. They have no standard by which they may define love. The Bible...
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    Sanctification is not a Process

    You ought to have read my post about the LAW. Many read only the first sentence or two and then react with a knee-jerk response without reading or considering the rest of my post. You asked "including you" after quoting my statement that 'everyone wants to justify their position right or...
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    Would you vote for / support Ron DeSantis for President of the USA in 2024?

    I'd vote for Casey De Santis for any official position. I may not agree with her, but I love to watch. Americans STILL DON'T GET IT. It doesn't matter who sits at the Resolute desk. POTUS is a middle management position. POTUS and congress do what they're told to do by the true ruling...
  18. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    $$$$ CRASH ??

    I DID buy gold and silver, beginning in the Obama years. Every piece of gold I bought has increased in value at least FOUR TIMES its initial purchase price. Meanwhile the dollar bill in my wallet is worth almost the same as a postage stamp. Exactly which scam do you refer to? that's me...
  19. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    Sanctification is not a Process

    Two points. (and then some more....) First, the corrupt post-modern church teaches that SIN is a disease. It isn't. SIN is offense against God. SIN is no more a disease than bank robbery is a disease or battlefield killing is a disease. SIN is what is DONE against the LAW of the Most...
  20. rjp34652@yahoo.com

    Sanctification is not a Process

    My comment that NOBODY GIVES A DAMN ABOUT GOD is true. I stand by it from the first letter to the last period. Your numerous quotes of scripture are from the point of view of God. Read them again. I do not dispute a single one. They are true indeed, but they describe God's attitude, not...