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Well she's doing well and I don't think she knew she had been reported as dead. In another piece of good news, my niece had tried to commit suicide after her fiancee broke up with her. After being in a medicated coma and a liver shut down, she has come back and is going home to live with my sister on Thursday. Another praise for God.

None of us are clean slates. We can follow the evidence, but we often are limited by our biases. How often does that color our assessments of what we find?

Maybe EW was the pre-incarnate mofat (vpw) so that's how it wasn't plagiarism.

one of the brothers, pat or mike was my limb leader in Michigan.

I read Romans recently and I think vpw had that written for our learning thing all screwed up. I think it means more than just history, it is written to us and for us so we can learn about God.

My time with the c's was from 1983-1986 in Kalamazoo. The other couple sounds familiar, but it's been a long time.

Charlotte NC.

JB this is the wonder of the cafe. I know we disagree on the nature of God, but I look at your arguments on creation and it makes sense. Keep up the good work.

My fc's who later went into the corps apologized to me for their treatment. But I have given up waiting and know I need to apologize for some of my behavior. I am not a victim.

Got a reply from her today.

Well, at least we agree about something. :)-->(Just don't ask me to believe that it was some demon playing around in that corn field.) Hey, it is boring in husker land, got to do something till they reinvent the football program. Hey! Def: it's one think to disagree over doctrine and the existance or non-existance of God...but now you've gone too far. Hey, I didn't hire Calahan. :D-->

Well, at least we agree about something. :)-->(Just don't ask me to believe that it was some demon playing around in that corn field.) Hey, it is boring in husker land, got to do something till they reinvent the football program.

Steve, No, they got fired in Conn. Moved back to K-zoo and started a fellowship. That was about 95-96, haven't seen them since.

Good to hear about Trish. I was out WOW with her in 1978.

Luis Palau is a very cool man. I got to interview him twice on my first reporting job.

I will if she ever comes back to GSC.

I was in K-zoo when Gary Smoke was the Branch leader. I was in the branch's band Higher Ground I think it was called. I was in Dave and Jen C.'s twig, before they went FC.

Mark, I took your post where you criticized Prof. Fairchild's answer and related it to him. Here is his reply. Your friend makes this statement: "In providing definitions for Greek words one must be disciplined to base their understanding solely on actual biblical usages of the word." This sounds very "Biblical". However, that statement is not realistic. The Biblical authors did not use a language that was unique to the Bible. The same Greek that was written in the New Testament was the SAME Greek language that was spoken on the street. The same is true today, Christians do not speak a different language than others in our world. Certainly SOME Greek words were nuanced in Christian circles; but these words do not lose their common or "secular" meaning. No scholar or lexicon derives the meaning of ancient Greek words "solely on actual biblical usages." Can you imagine Webster's Dictionary giving "unique" Christian meanings? Greek Lexicons are not written that way. When your friend talks about the word "genea", he simply doesn't know what he is talking about. "Genea" and the associated cognate words deal with family relationships and has very little to do with time - which is what "aion" deals with. Aion and Genea can be translated "generation", but they carry different meanings. To give you an illustration: If you're attempting to describe how to do something, you say "this is the WAY." Here "way" means the manner in which something is done. On the other hand, the word "Way" can refer to a street or roadway. We can translate both of these concepts into the same English word "way", but the meaning of "way" is totally different in these two examples. Again, when your friend states that "number 7 (a supernatural being) is perhaps in Fairchild's thinking because God is the God of the aeons" he simply does not know what he is talking about. The term "aeon" was used by Gnostics (and others) who believed that supernatural beings inhabited various realms between heaven and earth. Honestly, if he won't even listen to what I'm saying why does he want input from me? Some people live in pumpkins and don't want anyone to tell them about the rest of the world. "Evidently, this person is not going to accept ANY response except the one he has already embraced." Mark, I have to say I agree. Everywhere I have looked, your definition of aion is very narrow. This is especially true in light of the fact that the concordances I have seen, show the word is most often used in the context of eternity. I believe you are practicing eisegesis (sp?) and looking for verses that prove your point rather than really seeing what scriptures say. I ran across a verse it Matthew 7 that speaks of a narrow way to a gate that few will enter in and a broad path to gate that many will enter. Not everyone will spend eternity with God. He doesn't tell us who will and won't because we are to give every man a reason for the hope we have.

I believe I have found someone who I was in a way home with that an innie had told me had died. She must have left twi, so she in effect "died." Praise God.

I just found an archived thread that featured one person I know I was in a way home with and who I had been told had died. I see ex10 was in the same area at the same time. What a small world. I can't PM for some reason. I see Karmicdebt was there as well. I would love to hear from you all.

Andrea Were you in a way home with Rob L. and his wife and some big guy? about 87

Great news shell. :)-->

Cm God works with me through books. If you are reader I might suggest the Purpose Driven Life. It is not anything like piffle, it has the gospel in many versions and offers a new look at how we should relate to the Father. def