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http://onthebox.us/ : Must One Be Baptized To Be Saved?

Fri, 7 Aug 2015 22:12:19 +0000

Two things were helpful to me in seeing the whole picture. I had studied the Bible for a long time, but it was sort of piecemeal. A bite here, a meal there. I was stunned when I began listening to the entire New Testament on CD and DVD. Now you can listen on biblegateway.com and probably other sites, but it has many versions and many languages. On baptism try listening (or reading or both at the same time!) to the Book of Acts. Eye Opening!

http://onthebox.us/ : Must One Be Baptized To Be Saved?

Fri, 7 Aug 2015 21:01:02 +0000

The thief on the cross was hanging next to The Word Himself. He spoke and things happened! After He died and the Holy Spirit came to the apostles, they began to preach baptism as were attested to by the thousands and individual accounts in the book of Acts.

http://onthebox.us/ : Must One Be Baptized To Be Saved?

Fri, 7 Aug 2015 20:46:58 +0000

There is no record in Scripture that babies were baptized of which I'm aware. People responded to the Gospel that had been told them. Children are pure in the eyes of God evidently. Matthew 18:2-5 And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them, And said: Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven. And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations www.biblegateway.com DRA Version

http://onthebox.us/ : Must One Be Baptized To Be Saved?

Fri, 7 Aug 2015 20:28:32 +0000

I have been pondering on this for a long time. I hear a wonderful, inspiring sermon, but when they say "Just pray and ask God/Jesus into your heart, and you will be saved". I think, "Where does it say that in the Scriptures"? God can and does do anything He pleases, but it makes me feel uncomfortable to hear that said. Your comment made me think though. We believe and are made alive. If baptism is a burial as the Scriptures picture, wouldn't it be the burying someone alive? Another thing that bothers me is the teaching that Baptism is a "work". Baptism is a submission. You submit to being buried. Does that make sense.

Big Hollywood : PBS Station Caves To Leftist Donor, Cancels Discussion Panel of 'Surge' Film With Liz Cheney

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 02:54:05 +0000

I used to love watching the nature programs and ZaBoomAFoo, etc. with my great grandson. Too bad they have lost their soul. I watch no more.

Big Government : Will The Next Obama Administration Czar Be Barack Obama?

Thu, 1 Jul 2010 03:34:27 +0000

I knew he was radical before he was elected but I think what has surprised me most is that he wasn't nipped in the bud. It is like when Hitler began his satanic reign. Like watching the hoards listening in rapt attention and hanging on every word until they were hung.

NewsReal Blog : Penn Jillette, Not Having the Courage to Confront Islam is Bullsh*t

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:46:38 +0000

People who torture and kill their own for their "cause" cannot be bought off. They are coming and most are not paying serious attention. You are not missing anything by not knowing Penn Gillette btw.

NewsReal Blog : We're Here, We're Queer and We're in Abject Denial

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:20:37 +0000

"Pride" goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. -Provides 16:18

Big Government : Obama's Economic Policy: Deny Truth

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:17:38 +0000

Despots! If we had any courageous and honest law enforcement.........you're working on it? Let's Roll! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs&fe...

Big Hollywood : REVIEW: 'Toy Story 3' Is a Masterpiece

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:28:51 +0000

I'm not impressed with many movies, but I did love "Toy Story". One of the few I have watched many times and still enjoy it. I am curious about the 3D. Expensive, but sounds like it might be fun. Like others, I try to avoid movies and actors who use their popularity to push pc agendas (like walking a tight rope these days though).

Big Government : Shame on CNN: Spitzer Doesn't Deserve Another Chance

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:36:57 +0000

That's what I thought about the Clintons, but no such luck.

Big Government : U.S. Pays $400 Million in Bonuses to Federal Employees

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:43:43 +0000

That's precisely what those skunks are doing.

Big Hollywood : Bill Maher Loses Religion-Bashing Battle With S.E. Cupp and History’s Inconvenient Truths

Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:49:50 +0000

Well said. For a long time there has been a religious intensity in the lefts "belief", "preaching" and "passion" for killing babies, global warming............and homosexual, bisexual and transexual practices. What is marriage but a religious ceremony, which they are fervently seeking? Years ago, the Sex Before Eight or It's Too Late" sickos proclaimed they would infiltrate every area of society including government, churches, clubs, and schools. Look who our president chose as the school safety and drug czar! Kevin Jennings who admired a avid proponent of sex with children! This guy has been given complete access to American children in schools. They haven't come out of the closet about sex with children yet, but as soon as our brains have been softened enough they will. http://www.massristance.com

Big Government : Mayor Bloomberg Submits, Sanctions 911 Mega Mosque

Sun, 30 May 2010 23:39:37 +0000

You mentioned something that hasn't been talked about much. Along with the other dangers, how can the government possibly allow hoards of people from countries who have had no vacinations and we have no way of knowing whether diseases are being brought in that will cause epidemics. Bans against HIV/AIDS infected entering the country have been stopped by Obama. Allowing homosexual, bisexual obsessed activists are determined to have full reign in the military with Obama's help. Homosexual, bisexual obsessed activists are now pushing to be able to give blood after years of being banned because most HIV/AIDS started with (and still most) comes from their drug induced sexual habits. If it puts our families in danger or disadvantage, Obama and his puppet Democrats seem to be for it. Why is that?

Big Government : Head Start Scandal on Par With ACORN's Antics

Wed, 26 May 2010 23:35:51 +0000

I bought a Phonics program for great grandson which he enjoyed and was ahead of the game when he started to school. I sent it then to daughter who homeschooled her daughter who has always excelled. Her little one picked up from observing and when she started to school they had to put her ahead because she was reading at ninth grade level. Kids just need parents who pay attention to them.

Breitbart.com : White House mum on whether Sestak offered a job

Sun, 23 May 2010 22:59:13 +0000

I would be slightly less stressed if I thought they believed their socialist warping is helping us, but not much. Choice between stupidity and deliberate criminality.

Big Government : NPA-SEIU Terrorizes Child, Breaks Laws - What Did President Obama Know And When Did He Know It?

Fri, 21 May 2010 22:27:10 +0000

"Today the modern terrorists have government and presidential support." That is what is so terrifing. We can't feel confident that justice has our backs. But I keep thinking, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall."

Big Government : Playing Rough: DC v. Sex

Thu, 20 May 2010 19:50:32 +0000

Scripture teaches hypocrisy is a great sin, if not the greatest. The problem is our understanding of the word. In scripture having standards and succumbing to temptation is sad (not necessarily hypocrisy). Pretending to uphold standards while jadedly ignoring them is. People who hold our lives and fortunes in their hands should not be people who can't be self disiplined. They make me and my family vunerable to schemes of blackmailers and other unscrupulous opportunists and/or traitors. They have to go.

Big Hollywood : Flyover State of Mind: Hollywood's Red State Prejudice

Sun, 16 May 2010 22:02:29 +0000

"That’s not to say they don’t want to be entertained or uplifted by a movie sometimes" That's what I thought movies and TV programs purpose was, but I'm seldom entertained or uplifted by their slop. Much of the time, I feel bored, shocked, embarrassed, insulted, used or victumized. Who wants to pay hard earned money for that?