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OK, that is REALLY slow!

His proof readers -- he has to beat them to make them work.

Indeed! Only God is truly great -- this drive and push to be the "greatest" has caused a lot of problems in churches that claim the name of Jesus Christ.

Thanks... one of the issues (at least in English) is that 'day' has varied meanings... we can use 'day' to mean a 24-hour period ("there are seven days in a week")... we also use day to mean that period when the sun is shining, as opposed to "night". The reference to Esther is quite good. It...

Sad, but true. I left an IFBx church years ago, and most of the people there had little spiritual maturity... they were good at doing what the preacher said, but I remember trying to have a discussion with some about the Scriptures and they looked at me like I was wasting my time. To be fair...

Thanks for this... I'm doing my research with a view to changing my mind. In addition to the "three days and three nights" only occurring once, there is also the disciples on the road to Emmaus; it clearly states there that it was the same day that the women found the tomb empty... those men...

Things are so slow here... that I actually got six hours of sleep!!

prosabbaton looks like the roots of the word mean 'before the sabbath', and if that week had a special sabbath, the day before that would also fit that word. On normal weeks, the day before the Sabbath is Friday. I had forgotten about the discussion last year.

Yes, I didn't notice that the thread was that old... I always thought that membership was one of those necessities that arose once a town had multiple churches... even more so today, when one can drive through 2 to 5 or more cities on the way to his church. However, the fact of I Tim 5:9...

Yes... the GREATEST pastor at the GREATEST church never talked about how great he was.

Seems to me that a murderous, unprovoked attack on people who only wanted to talk to you is "savage", regardless of how you prefer to call yourself.

Really? Jesus Himself said that He would be 3 days and three nights in the earth. He was buried in haste before the start of the sabbath, which (if He was crucified on Friday) would be roughly before 6pm on our Friday evening (Jewish Saturday evening). I don't see how one gets "three days and...

I'm not sure about this news source. I don't wear a mask at home or when outside; I do follow the signs at restaurants and places of business.

Bob Ross was the Youth Pastor under the Vineyard clan in Oklahoma... He was the one called to be pastor of Open Door Baptist Church in Mesquite, Texas, after the disgrace/suicide of their previous pastor (Matt Jarrell). If you read this thread, while Bob Ross was pastor, some men were arrested...

Sounds wise. I never had the desire to go because I saw what the people were like who went and bought into it.

Thank you!

I don't think that it's fair to imply that a pastor should always know everything that everyone is doing. I'm not a fan of pastor who travel and preach away extensively; they do need to be at the church to which they were called.

So... what does it mean? I think it is terrible that they are taking down the plaque.

I can only say what I was told... that Bob Ross was out of town when this broke; an assistant called him and he said to notify the police. By the time Bob Ross returned, the police had been brought in, and the assistant threw the blame for not reporting on Bob Ross. I wasn't there; I don't know...

I'm not sure whether to post this here, or to start a new thread. With the plea bargain agreement (NAOG), the charges should have been dismissed in Nov 2020 (after the 3-month probation). However, I was talking with a man who said that Bob Ross is blameless; what actually happened is that Bob...