Christian Fundamentalism, Christian Nationalists, Christian Conservatives, Mainstream Christianity....ANY of those has to be WAY better than communism, marxism, islam....yeah ?! The Heat is On....it's on the streets....
From a practical point of view, I could not s.i.t. before I was shown 'how to'.....then I could....I now show others how to'....I've been present at s.i.t. by new believers (a couple of who were 'gay as' and witnessed some supernatural happenings at the time...guess God is no respecter of persons huh ! As someone who speaks 7 differnt languages i've heard people s.i.t. a mixture and mish mash of some of those 'human languages' in the same utterance....kind of makes sense if it purports to confound the devil :)
From a Biblical pov, s.i.t. is alluded to in OT and NT ...Zephaniah 3:9 and Isaiah 65:8 are a couple that spring to mind.
It's very obvious even in mainstream media that 'leftie' leaning liberal journalists can be vicious, sarcastic and condescending at the best of times...
Some of THE best teachings I've heard on these subjects were by men after they had left twi...Wayne Clapp's 'Hell is not a place of eternal torment' and John Nessles 'Who is this Jesus Christ' were/are absolutely skillful' brilliant, impactful....
saved by water baptism ? What if there's no water ?...saved by confession ? What if there's no priest ? The thief on the cross was perhaps a 'shadow' of what was imminent ? Thank God, Jesus came to SIMPLIFY SALVATION !!!! Thank God the Apostle Paul received the 'new' revelation in it's entirety....
I don't mind calling you out...you sound like an 'innie' posing as an 'outie' lol...what you couldn't join and post as an imposter for longer than a month ?? Sure, see you at the Rock...I need a fresh reminder of how delusional people can 'manifest' hypocrisy...
Joyful Sound...this reminded me of one time in-Rez at Indiana Campus...LCM was visiting and sharing stuff in Campus Chapel...as he was speaking he looked down and played with a jade ? bracelet around his wrist...I immediately felt nauseous and close to passing out...I closed my eyes and s.i.t. until the feeling had gone....LCM certainly wielded some type of spiritual 'power'...so yes, I know EXACTLY what you are saying !!
WordWolf said..." As you probably know- now if not decades ago when asbestos was popular- the thing has been responsible for a lot of deaths all on its own! Breathing in asbestos fibers is incredibly harmful to one's lungs, and can lead to a problem with its own name- asbestosis. (Feel free to look it up.) You might say that all people have to say about asbestos is negative now, and they ignore the good it's done. I think most people would reply that asbestos may have done well- and I would say it's saved lives- but it's more important to point out the incredible dangers of exposure to this dangerous substance than to focus on some of the benefits and IGNORE the dangers that could suffocate you or kill you. "
I would say both asbestos and twi can kill in the same 'way'....slowly, cruelly and sucking the oxygen out of you....
Well said...whilst I hold fast to much of TWI teaching I would never EVER be stupid enough to be enticed back...and I've been certainly been 'romanced'...
Nice words Joyful Sound :)...Me and my family prospered after LEAVING TWI...I put it down to seed sown years previously. We still hold onto much of the 'Word' and occasionally listen to some of LCM's latest teachings (have learnt even more, newer stuff from that) but do not fellowship with any particular church as almost always within the first 5 minutes they're preaching trinity, or the dead are alive or some such diatribe...Psalm 119:104 all day...!!