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28852. jexster - 1/3/2007 10:48:27 PM In the Constellation of Thy Love
3 Ford grandkids read the Prayers of the People....one a boy about 8 or so...
In peace, let us pray to the Lord.
Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant, we beseech thee, to thy whole Church in paradise and on earth, thy light and thy peace. Amen.
Grant that all who have been baptized into Christ's death and resurrection may die to sin and rise to newness of life, and that through the grave and gate of death we may pass with him to our joyful resurrection. Amen.
Grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage, and who walk as yet by faith, that thy Holy Spirit may lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days. Amen.
Grant to thy faithful people pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind. Amen.
Grant to all who mourn a sure confidence in thy fatherly care, that, casting all their grief on thee, they may know the constellation [consolation] of thy love. Amen.
Give courage and faith to those who are bereaved, that they may have strength to meet the days ahead in the comfort of a reasonable and holy hope, in the joyful expectation of eternal life with those they love. Amen..
Help us, we pray, in the midst of things we cannot understand, to believe and trust in the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection to life everlasting. Amen.
Grant us grace to entrust N. to thy never-failing love; receive him into the arms of thy mercy, and remember him according to the favor which thou bearest unto thy people. Amen.
Grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of thee, he may go from strength to strength in the life of perfect service in thy heavenly kingdom. Amen.
Grant us, with all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, to have our consummation and bliss in thy eternal and everlasting glory, and, with [blessed N. and] all thy saints, to receive the crown of life which thou dost promise to all who share in the victory of thy Son Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
28853. wonkers2 - 1/5/2007 11:29:32 PM Blogging the Bible with David Plotz 28854. wabbit - 1/15/2007 9:31:20 PM [...]American churches do not pay taxes. In exchange for tax-exempt status, they agree to abstain from certain kinds of political advocacy. Yet in recent years, as more churches have become entangled in political campaigning, reported violations of these regulations have increased—especially the one that bans endorsing or opposing individual candidates. Many churches have learned to skirt the regulations, to observe the letter of these laws while at the same time breaking them in spirit, by quietly sanctioning their breach. One result, for many clergy, is a subtle leaching of integrity... Interesting article in GOOD Magazine.28855. judithathome - 1/18/2007 12:17:57 AM This one's for Jen 28856. judithathome - 1/18/2007 12:21:03 AM And these, too.... 28857. wonkers2 - 1/18/2007 6:08:47 AM Great cartoons! 28858. judithathome - 1/18/2007 6:25:51 AM Aren't they? I thought they were realy good. 28859. wonkers2 - 1/27/2007 5:22:12 PM Where's Jen lately? Maybe this'll smoke her out. Doing God's Work at Southren Babtist Seminary "Women are biblically forbidden to teach men!" 28860. wonkers2 - 1/28/2007 1:16:09 AM Greetings from the Landover Baptist Church 28861. wonkers2 - 1/28/2007 1:22:30 AM More from Landover Baptist 28862. Jenerator - 1/28/2007 8:16:41 PM When I was looking at seminaries, SWTS was suggested to me (locale, prominent alumnus, etc.) but I asked the Dean of Truett Seiminary in Waco about it and he said that it had become too fundamentalist.
When I asked him about then President Dr. Sloan (who got his Ph.D from there), his reply was "SWTS" has been taken over by the wrong sort; I wouldn't attend it." 28863. Jenerator - 1/28/2007 8:17:18 PM then President of Baylor, Dr. Sloan... 28864. Jenerator - 1/28/2007 8:17:37 PM That's why I chose Dallas Theological Seminary. 28865. wonkers2 - 1/29/2007 3:56:13 AM I'm glad to hear that! 28866. wonkers2 - 1/29/2007 3:58:22 AM And we all assume you aren't from Landover! 28867. alistairconnor - 1/29/2007 6:21:18 PM Ah, so it's possible to be "too fundamentalist", Jen?
Can't understand how. After all, it's all written down right there in the Bible!
(just joshing...) 28868. wonkers2 - 2/1/2007 3:22:19 AM Essay linking liberal Jews and anti-Semitism sparks a furor. 28869. judithathome - 2/11/2007 6:45:12 PM Intelligent Falling: Gravity Is Just A Theory, After All 28870. judithathome - 2/11/2007 9:08:36 PM 9News in Denver talked to a pastor at New Life Church and discovered this: New Life Church Pays Ted Haggard to Leave Town
The agreement calls for Haggard, the former head of the National Association of Evangelicals and senior pastor at the New Life Church, to not rejoin the ministry at New Life, for him and his family to relocate from Colorado Springs and requires Haggard to refrain from speaking publicly about the scandal.
"The Haggards will always be part of the New Life Family," said Brendle. "We love them and we are committed to helping them through this difficult process together."
The agreement also includes a financial settlement, but as part of the deal, the church and Haggard cannot disclose how much was included.
So I guess those in the church are not standing by old Ted except to hand over hush money to his greedy little paws. WWJD? 28871. wonkers2 - 2/16/2007 5:51:56 PM God's Instruction to Hosea, "Go find yourself a whore and marry her." God says marry a whore.
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