My Italian "Benelli" heart is broken

at 06/19/13 6:08PM
Duck Commander just signed with Mossberg.


The thinkers on Pleo make you think

at 06/18/13 12:00PM
Matt 23:4 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.

Matt 23:13 "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces.
ESV

Tryphena conducted a very interesting discussion about the wines of the Bible leading me to this question; are we teaching what the Bible teaches or promoting a church doctrine? But there is a larger question. Have we bound where God has not and based on the above verses, in binding, have we driven people away from the Truth?
  • marmee
    Yes, yes ... and some, yes. Let us determine to do better!!
    by marmee at 06/18/13 12:10PM
  • misssonja
    The truth is that, if we simply taught what the scripture says, honest hearts would come to pretty similar conclusions about how to practice holy living. When we add opinions, comparisons, illustrations, artificial boundaries, etc -- all generated by man -- we dilute the power of the pure, perfect Word of the Father. We inadvertently give rise to skepticism leading to renunciation of faith, because our extra bits of "logic" are flawed, sometimes idiotically so. I am confident that God who has the power to create the universe in six days has the power to ensure that a normal lost soul can read or hear His Holy Text and comprehend it, without conducting extensive study of Greek terms and Roman history. He did not design a plan of redemption and salvation so complex that requires a masters degree in theology to ascertain. After all, the eunuch got it in one lesson and was entirely equipped to go home to Ethiopia, alone, and glorify God.
    by misssonja at 06/18/13 2:03PM
  • cyber_space_cadet
    Absolutely...and my heart still aches over it.
    by cyber_space_cadet at 06/18/13 2:23PM
  • tryphena
    All the comments were excellent. I'm grateful to you for recognizing that it wasn't really about alcohol so much as the thought process...applicable in many areas...
    by tryphena at 06/18/13 2:38PM

Yesterday Pat gave a baby shower

at 06/16/13 12:27PM
When it was over she told me I could pop the balloons. Something about that first shot made her change her mind.
  • cyber_space_cadet
    Ha!
    by cyber_space_cadet at 06/16/13 12:44PM
  • tryphena
    LOL!! Give Pat a hug from me...she deserves all the love she can get!

    I hope you're having a good Father's Day. These holidays can be bittersweet.
    by tryphena at 06/16/13 2:48PM
  • marmee
    LOL! This is SO my dh. :)
    by marmee at 06/16/13 4:50PM
  • misssonja
    You are nuts! :)
    by misssonja at 06/16/13 11:35PM
  • mjintexas
    Hahahaha! :)
    by mjintexas at 06/17/13 12:39AM
  • rockinrobin
    :-)! I wonder why???
    by rockinrobin at 06/17/13 1:31PM
  • rockinrobin
    Yes, we all are going that way...older and older. :-)
    by rockinrobin at 06/17/13 1:32PM
  • justg
    LOL, I can picture it!
    by justg at 06/17/13 2:56PM

I thought this was cute

at 06/13/13 9:03PM

Seen on a church building sign

at 06/13/13 6:44AM
GODLY TALK DOES NOT IMPLY A GODLY WALK.
  • milly
    Really? Never?
    by milly at 06/13/13 8:14AM
  • marmee
    As to implication, I agree. Talk is cheap. We must be doers of the word ...
    by marmee at 06/13/13 8:31AM
  • tryphena
    A godly walk implies godly talk.
    by tryphena at 06/13/13 9:18AM
  • marmee
    ^^Much better put, that.
    by marmee at 06/13/13 2:52PM