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- Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:41 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "God Bless the USA" Bibles - from our Huckster in Chief
- Replies: 16
- Views: 170
Re: "God Bless the USA" Bibles - from our Huckster in Chief
Replacing the real Bible with Trump Bibles is a too-perfect symbol of what has happened to evangelical Christianity. The mistake is in believing Trump's followers are confused or ashamed about their devotion to a godless creep who laughs at true believers. In Trump's hands, the Bible is not a text ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:59 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: The Anabaptist perception towards U.S. Holidays!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 126
Re: The Anabaptist perception towards U.S. Holidays!
By practice, Christmas, Halloween, Easter and valentine’s Day. I basically throw most holidays in the same boat whether they are "pagan" or not pagan. There is absolutely no biblical injunction to celebrate holidays of any sort, and that includes Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and other...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: The Anabaptist perception towards U.S. Holidays!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 126
Re: The Anabaptist perception towards U.S. Holidays!
Pagan holidays are at the bottom of my list followed closely by patriot days. What pagan holidays are listed? I suppose All Saint’s Eve (Halloween) might vaguely be that. By practice, Christmas, Halloween, Easter and valentine’s Day. I basically throw most holidays in the same boat whether they are...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:14 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: The Anabaptist perception towards U.S. Holidays!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 126
Re: The Anabaptist perception towards U.S. Holidays!
The only holidays I could say I really enjoy are Thanksgiving and Christmas. I was stumped for a third. I selected Valentine's Day just because it is kind of fun to buy my wife something.
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:16 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "God Bless the USA" Bibles - from our Huckster in Chief
- Replies: 16
- Views: 170
Re: "God Bless the USA" Bibles - from our Huckster in Chief
Bibles similar to this have been for sale for years. The Patriot's Bible, for example - I noticed that our local Ollie's is flooded with highly discounted copies.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:19 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Catholic to Anabaptist
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1316
Re: Catholic to Anabaptist
I'm not sure how much we can compare the 16th century Catholicism which the reformers critiqued to the current Catholic church. Before the Reformation Catholics did not think of themselves as Catholic, rather as Christians. Since they have had to define Catholic identify against other western tradi...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:12 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Catholic to Anabaptist
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1316
Re: Catholic to Anabaptist
We have good friends who made the journey from Catholic to Evangelical to Anabaptist. They grew up in a strongly Catholic area and family culture, including the large family ethos. I think that the Catholic priest scandal-ridden era (locally and nationally) had a strong impact on their seeking other...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Spring 2024: Tell us about your church!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 261
Re: Spring 2024: Tell us about your church!
We have everything except ushers seating people. Some have self-assigned seats; the rest just sort of fill in the empty spaces. If a visitor looks confused, someone will be there to help, not necessarily someone whose job description says they should. We recently began having ushers seat people. Ou...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:18 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: recommendations for cars/suv
- Replies: 40
- Views: 540
Re: recommendations for cars/suv
If I had to buy a mid-sized truck today, it would be the Tacoma. Several coworkers have them and love them. My one boss has the full size Tundra and is very happy with it. I have a customer with three Toyota vehicles. He has a Civic with 600,000 miles on it. One of the others is a Tundra with (I ca...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
- Replies: 66
- Views: 954
Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
These sorts of events are always interesting to me in that they show how FAST we can actually get things done in this country when we actually want to. Yes. Take for example the I-95 bridge collapse in Philly last year, which was replaced in TWELVE DAYS. Cut the red tape and it is marvelous what ca...