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  1. rockytopva

    Parrot tells police, 'He's drunk!' and gets owner thrown in jail

    http://www.aol.com/article/2014/01/17/parrot-tells-cops-his-owner-is-drunk-driving/20810545/?ncid=webmail2
  2. rockytopva

    Explorations into the Laodicean Age

    I believe that the churches are seven... Ephesus - Apostolic Smyrna - Martyr Pergamos - Orthodox... Pergos is a tower... Needed in the dark ages Thyatira - Catholic - The spirit of Jezebel is to control and to dominate. Sardis - Protestant - A sardius is a gem - elegant yet hard and rigid...
  3. rockytopva

    Was John Martyred?

    Catholic tradition states that after the Assumption, John went to Ephesus and from there wrote the three epistles traditionally attributed to him. John was allegedly banished by the Roman authorities to the Greek island of Patmos, where he wrote Book of Revelation. According to Tertullian (in...
  4. rockytopva

    Strange Fire - A Pentecostal Response

    The biggest problem in the contemporary charismatic Pentecostal church of America is certainly not “strange fire.” It is the lack of fire—Holy Spirit fire, divine fire, the fire of visitation, the fire of Pentecost. Is there some “strange fire” in our midst, some fleshly manifestations and...
  5. rockytopva

    Time for Congregational Forums

    I would strongly reccomend three congregational forums... 1. Orthodox / Catholic forum 2. Protestant forum 3. Pentecostal / Charismatic forum I would also invite strict rules where you could not debate if you were not a member of that forum. If we want to draw the Catholic / Orthodox crowd we...
  6. rockytopva

    How to resurrect the spirit of Jezebel

    How to resurrect the spirit of Jezebel 1. Develop a doctrine 2. Turn the doctrine into an absolute truth 3. Consider those not agreeing with your doctrine as 'heretical.' 4. Enforce your doctrine with violence And going through the church ages... 1. Ephesus - Apostolic 2. Smyrna - Began with...
  7. rockytopva

    So smart he won't even talk to you!

    I am a Lab Technician and make it pretty good considering I only have two associate degrees. But I have met men so smart they won't even talk to you. When you ask them a question they just give you a strange look and keep on going. That's the way God is. If you walk in disobedience he will...
  8. rockytopva

    The Troposphere

    I just returned from a trip to Tahiti where I traveled on prop, jet, and cruise liner. It was fun examining the elements of the Troposphere! Ft Activity 150,000 Upper Stratosphere 100,000 Stratosphere and the beginning of the ozone layer from space 65,000 Lower Stratosphere blue sky turns black...
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    The conversion of Paul - A full account

    I always love reading the story of the conversion of Paul. It is like the Lord Jesus just plucked him out of the devils hand. I have mixed in Acts 9 and 26... Acts 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And...
  10. rockytopva

    Five Ways the Prosperity Gospel Hurts Christianity

    I believe that the seven churches are movements that came down through time... 1. Ephesus – Apostolic – Leaving the first love… “All they which are in Asia be turned away from me” – II Timothy 1:15 2. Smyrna – Martyrs – Persecutions ten days… Foxes Book of Martyrs describes ten Roman...
  11. rockytopva

    What is a Man of God?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOzBK_rEwj8
  12. rockytopva

    Greetings from the South Pacific

    I am on a 14 day South Pacific cruise. I see that the SDA have done much work here. The word of God is good... No complaints. Wish I could upload pictures... Finicky server wont let me do it!
  13. rockytopva

    The Theology of Mr John Bunyan

    The John Bunyan method of a full salvation... The City of Destruction The place where evangelists set people on their journey to the Celestial City The Slough of Despair This represents the mire that well intentioned religious people bring to the way Legalities Mountain The enemy attempt to...
  14. rockytopva

    Is virtue knowledge? Can it be taught?

    Plato's Meno is a dialogue in which Socrates and Meno discuss human virtue: whether or not it can be taught, whether it is shared by all human beings, and whether it is one quality or many. After discussion with Anytus, Socrates and Meno return to the subject of whether Virtue can be taught...
  15. rockytopva

    Christmas Video

    Here is a video I recorded at Dollywood that portrays all the love and warmth that should abound at Christmastime... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKjJZrMWCig
  16. rockytopva

    The Spiritual Void

    The spiritual void.... If E = mc2 then we can divide and conclude that... m (mass) = Energy (E/c2) And there are three varieties.... 1. Natural - Mass 2. Intelligence - Our mind can produce a spiritual light 3. Spiritual - E (motivation, energy, warmth, love) / c2 (faith,hope, charity, joy)...
  17. rockytopva

    Enduring the Laodicean Times

    I was brought up in the Marine Corps and moved from place to place growing up. When I was seventeen I moved in with my Granny here in Virginia to a place with the community like Mayberry, the love like the Waltons, and a Pentecostal Holiness church which was at that time very lively. It was an...
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    The Apostle Paul vs The Apostle Peter

    First a timeline... AD 5 - Paul is born AD 32 - Present at Stephens stoning AD 34 - Conversion on the road to Damascas AD 34 - Journey's to Arabia (Galatians 1:17) AD 37-47 - Itineraries from Tarsus to Jerusalem AD 47-49 - First missionary journey in Antioch and (what is now) southern Turkey...
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    The White Garments

    He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. - Revelation 3:5 I was fortunate to have come to Pentecostal Holiness back when the revivals were good...
  20. rockytopva

    New Strongs Concordance Web Site

    Actually, not new, just revamped. Type in something to search in the "Search the Bible" box and then click the tools to see the Strongs Concordance Hebrew and Greek return. http://www.blueletterbible.org/search.cfm