DontWorryBeHappy

a truly magnificent bass player!

a blast from the past for you, paw..........and the rest of us who enjoyed freakin' out with frank and da muthas!

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hearty congrats to john!!!!!.......gastric cancer is one of the most deadly.......and horrible to its victims!.........glad to know we have another dedicated warrior out there to fight this deadly disease!!!!................congrats to you and the countess, too, george!.........thanks for raising up such a fine son!!...................peace.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!........ANOTHER DAY GONE BY WITH NO POSTS HERE FROM YOU OR ANYONE FROM YOUR MINISTRY'S "SERVANT/LEADERSHIP"!!........SURELY BY NOW YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING, NO??...........LOOKS LIKE YOUR PROLIFIC WRITING TEAM HAS COME ACROSS SOME FAQ'S THEY'VE DECIDED TO IGNORE!!..........WHY IS THAT??........... FROM YOUR ARTICLE, "THE BALANCE OF TRUTH AND LOVE: VALUING RIGHT DOCTRINE AND RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS", BY JOHN SCHOENHEIT........ As I have been reflecting on this lately, I know that nobody has more truth than God. God is the truth. When He had Scripture written, every syllable was true; and yet, I know that God has worked with me when I did not believe the truth on a lot of things. I see when I talk to other ministers and other denominations, that the Lord is working through them and people are getting saved and blessed under their ministries. What is very apparent to me, and I hope to you, is that God is working in them just as He is working in me! What does that tell me? It tells me that God values the relationship more than the truth that they hold. If what we know is holding us back from being in genuine-fulfilling friendship / relationship with people, then something is wrong with the way we are relating to our doctrine. We are putting our doctrine above the love of people. AMEN, MR. SCHOENHEIT!!....."GOD VALUES THE RELATIONSHIP MORE THAN THE TRUTH THAT THEY HOLD", BUT APPARENTLY THE MINISTRY YOU'RE PRESIDENT OF DOES NOT!!........"WE ARE PUTTING OUR DOCTRINE ABOVE THE LOVE OF PEOPLE.".....AMEN AGAIN, MR. SCHOENHEIT!!........SO WHY NOT COME DOWN OUT OF YOUR IVORY TOWER OF SILENCE AND ANSWER A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS POSTED HERE ON THE GREASESPOT FORUM PROVIDED YOU??........YOUR MINISTRY USED TO HAVE A FORUM SIMILAR TO THIS ONE AT ONE TIME.......WHAT HAPPENED TO IT??.......LOST THE BALANCE OF TRUTH AND LOVE??........WHAT IS IT THAT YOU GUYS "KNOW" THAT IS "HOLDING" YOU "BACK FROM BEING IN GENUINE-FULLFILLING FRIENDSHIP/RELATIONSHIP" WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HERE AT THE GREASESPOT CAFE??.......NOT A LARGE ENOUGH VENUE FOR YOU??..........STILL PATIENTLY HOPING THAT YOU'LL FIND US WORTH YOUR TIME AND LOVE TO SHARE SOME OF WHAT YOU KNOW WITH US!!.......................PEACE.

HELLO ONCE AGAIN JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!.....HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOIN'?...........STILL HAVE NOT POSTED ANYTHING HERE AT YOUR GREASESPOT FORUM, I SEE!!...............WHEN WILL YOU??............... FROM YOUR ARTICLE, "THE BALANCE OF TRUTH AND LOVE: VALUING RIGHT DOCTRINE AND RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS", BY JOHN SCHOENHEIT........... What I am talking about is something I have seen in myself and in Christianity today. That is sometimes the “truth” that I know, that I think I am sure of in God’s Word, creates in me an intolerance for other Christians and other people in general. Now, is that not a paradox? What I have discovered here is sometimes the truth that I know, rather than being an engine that drives love in me and produces loving relationships actually drives me from relationships. In other words, because of the truth that I know, I look at other people that do not believe like I believe and I do not bring those people into my heart by truly loving them. For some reason I wrestled with this in my past and to some extent today. Is that not strange? I will say it again, sometimes the “truth” I know rather than being the engine that produces loving relationships drives me from loving relationships. WHAT IS PARADOXICAL, IS YOUR EGREGIOUS SILENCE HERE, AFTER ALL THE MANY THOUSANDS OF VIEWS OF WHAT YOU CHOSE TO POST HERE EARLIER THIS YEAR!!..........IS THIS THE PROOF OF YOUR "INTOLERANCE FOR OTHER CHRISTIANS AND OTHER PEOPLE IN GENERAL" HERE AT THE GREASESPOT CAFE??......WHAT HAS DRIVEN YOU FROM YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH US??........YOU POSTED SO MUCH HERE EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND NOW, NOTHING??......DOES THE TRUTH YOU KNOW DRIVE YOU FROM THOSE OF US WHO PRESENT YOU WITH HONEST QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT THE TRUTH YOU BELIEVE TODAY IS??.............STILL WAITING PATIENTLY FOR YOU GUYS TO "LAY SOME TRUTH ON US" HERE AT YOUR FORUM!!..................PEACE.

YO!.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROCK!

HELLO ONCE MORE, JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!.........ANOTHER VISIT TO YOUR FORUM HERE AT THE GREASESPOT CAFE TO SEE IF YOU'VE POSTED ANYTHING TO GIVE US SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR MINISTRY THESE DAYS!........BUT, ALAS,.........STILL NOT ONE WORD FROM ANY OF YOU !!..............IS YOUR WILLFUL, PROTRACTED SILENCE, TRULY CHRIST-LIKE AND LOVING??........... FROM YOUR ARTICLE "THE BALANCE OF TRUTH AND LOVE: VALUING RIGHT DOCTRINE AND RIGHT RELATIONSHIPS", BY JOHN SCHOENHEIT............. I think all of us know that we are supposed to be loving. We know we are supposed to be kind to people. Why is it when we settle upon something that we believe and say, “This is what I believe; this is the truth,” that it is so hard for us to be truly kind and compassionate and loving to others and have friends that do not believe like us? I think it has to do with how we hold our doctrine in our heart. We actually elevate our doctrine over love. We elevate our doctrine over our relationship with people. Well, guess who does not do that? How about God? THIS FORUM, AND THIS THREAD IN PARTICULAR, HAS PROVIDED YOU GUYS WITH AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOUR GREASESPOT FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, "THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE; THIS IS THE TRUTH,"............IS IT REALLY THAT "HARD" FOR YOU "TO BE TRULY KIND AND COMPASSIONATE AND LOVING " TO THOSE OF US HERE AT THE GREASESPOT WHO CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOU AND YOUR MINISTRY TO ASK YOU HONEST AND PERTINENT QUESTIONS??........ARE YOU STUCK IN "WE ACTUALLY ELEVATE OUR DOCTRINE OVER LOVE" MODE??........IF, AS YOU PROCLAIM, GOD "DOES NOT DO THAT", WHY THEN WOULD YOU??.........A POST OR TWO FROM ANY OF YOU WOULD SURE BE KIND, LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS US "OTHERS" HERE AT THE SPOT, WOULD IT NOT??.........STILL PATIENTLY HOPING YOU'LL SHARE GOD'S LOVE WITH US BY POSTING SOME ANSWERS HERE FOR US!!.........................PEACE.

VAN MORRISSON.......live, at the montreaux jazz festival, 2004................van-the-man with an excellent band behind him, covering ray charles, bob dylan.......and of course, himself!......a fun listen! rummy...........saw it's a beautiful day twice at the fillmore.........and........hot tuna always rocks!!!! excie........thanks for the clips........every one was good!!! george...........tom waits is always soooooo INTENSE!.............thanks for the clip!..................peace........

HAPPY 60TH, RON G!!!!..........MAY YOU ENJOY MANY MORE YEARS OF PEACE AND HAPPINESS!

HELLO AGAIN, JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!..........ANOTHER VISIT TO YOUR FORUM TO SEE IF YOU'VE POSTED ANYTHING TO LET US KNOW HOW THE "CRISIS" AT CES/STFI IS BEING RESOLVED!!..........ANOTHER VISIT YIELDING NO SIGHT OF ANY POSTS FROM YOU, ANSWERING ANY OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED OF YOU HERE AT THE GREASESPOT!.............. FROM YOUR ARTICLE, "FAILING FORWARD: TURNING MISTAKES INTO STEPPING STONES TO SUCCESS", BY DAN GALLAGHER........... You see, failure is a lot more common than success. If people do not know how to fail properly and if they do not know how to fail forward, then they will never be able to reap the success that they really desire. You can be a winner in many ways, but you can only be a loser in one way—that is to fail and not look beyond the failure. One of the greatest problems that people have with failure is that they are too quick to judge isolated situations in their lives and then label them as failures. We are too quick to look at something when we are given some adversity or defeat and then give up. In fact, failing is really a gift if we can learn to have the proper perspective on it. I GUESS THAT, THIS IS YOUR MINISTRY'S "DEFINITION" OF "RELATING TO ADVERSITY IN A HEALTHY, BIBLICAL WAY"!........I AM FORCED TO GUESS, SINCE I HAVE SEEN NO WORDS FROM ANY OF YOU ANYWHERE, THAT REVEAL FOR ANYONE WHAT YOUR "PERSPECTIVE" IS ON THE "MISTAKES" MADE BY YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS OUTLINED IN JOHN'S LETTER POSTED HERE ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO!! MY QUESTIONS TO YOU ON THE FIRST POST OF THIS THREAD, PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT "PLATFORM" FOR YOU TO ENLIGHTEN US AS TO YOUR "PERSPECTIVE" ON THE "ADVERSITY" DETAILED FOR US IN JOHN'S LETTER, AND THE VARIOUS OTHER DOCUMENTS AND LETTERS POSTED HERE AT THE GREASESPOT, IMHO..........BUT, YOUR TOTAL LACK OF RESPONSE FORCES ME TO GUESS THAT, PERHAPS, YOU ARE NOT BUSY "TURNING MISTAKES INTO STEPPING STONES TO SUCCESS"!!....BUT, RATHER, HAVE CHOSEN TO "GIVE UP" TRYING TO SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, WHAT YOUR "PROPER PERSPECTIVE" IS, CONCERNING THE ADVERSITY YOUR MINISTRY AND ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS FACING!........A COUPLE OF HONEST POSTS FROM YOU WOULD SURE HELP TO ELIMINATE THE GUESSING AND THE WONDERING ABOUT YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE CURRENT AND FUTURE COURSE OF YOUR MINISTRY!!......STILL HOPING YOU'LL SHARE YOUR "PERSPECTIVE" WITH US HERE ON YOUR CES/STFI FORUM!!.........THANKS!.............................PEACE.

hey you kwazy skwewwel!........there ain't much "good" to be said about "rabbi" michael rood!......and he don't need no "memphis mafia" around him, like elvis!......he's enough of a pure sheister all on his own!!.......he never paid income taxes on any of his "expenses"!.....not only that, he's never filed since 1979!!.....when he got divorced in 1994 from the mother of his 4 daughters, he already owed the irs almost $100,000 in delinquent taxes, besides whatever penalties and interest were rapidly accruing to his delinquent account!.........his "mission in israel" was just a way to escape the irs and avoid paying child support for his four school-aged children through the 90's!....... he claims to be a "true levite", and claims he owns nothing, has no insurance on anything he does'nt own and has no permanent place to dwell, or car to drive!......yet somehow, he is able to fly his daughters back and forth to israel for summer "working vacations" with him in his "minisrty"......his various "doomsday prophecies" have not come to pass, yet he insists he's still a frequent-flyer with yahweh in terms of the volume of revelation he has received and continues to receive!.......his "rabbinical training" consists of a brief stint with moses david and the children of god, in the early 1970's......then his fabulous twi experience while in the us marine corps, which he has hyperbolized and just outright lied about in his "official" resume!!..........he got his "theology degree" by graduating from the 7th corps, and was demoted several times from various leadership positions with twi for misappropriating various amounts of the "abundant sharing" to "meet his own needs"........there were a succession of "business failures" and liens on mortgages which were placed due to his incredible fiduciary accumen!!........when the mother of his children had to join the usaf in order to provide a home and the basic necessities of life for those children, his "plan", given to him "by revelation" from god, was to live in the texas hill country in a tent and allow god "to provide" for him and his wife and four daughters!!........he spent time supposedly driving a truck, during which time he scrawled "prophetic rants" against homosexuals on the bathroom walls of truckstops throughout the southwestern usa!!!.........his initial "calling" to the "hebrew roots" movement was inspired by his attendance at john hagee's outfit in san antoinio, tx.........and blossomed from there into full blown levitical "prophesy" in the mid 1990's......when he began to "really apply himself" to the fabulous biblical research techniques he learned from twi........finding as many spurious resources as he could to build his "rood awakening package".........amazingly, he outdid even vic when it came to his "research" findings of "original hebrew texts and manuscripts" which "proved" his revelations and prophecies...........and equally amazing, was how full of crap his research, revelations and prophecies were becoming!!!........but the money kept pouring in for this poor levite, as the lies and scams continued to pile up in his catalogue of books, cd's, dvd's, israel tours, etc., etc., etc., in the early fall of 1999, he managed to kidnap his 4 daughters from a us air force base in california, (with the covert "enlistment" of his oldest daughter in his plan) and attempt to fly them to israel, in order to protect them from the "thermonuclear attacks" which he prophesied would occur on both the east and west coasts of the usa during y2k!!!..............they made it as far as london's heathrow airport, where the fbi was able to catch up with them, and return the 3 younger girls to their mother, an officer in the usaf.......the oldest had just turned 18, and was allowed to make her own decision to continue on to israel with the "levite prophet".......when they were apprehended at heathrow, their luggage included military gasmasks and other "survival gear" which he had procured for their survival of the prophesied y2k attacks.........which attacks, obviously, never came to pass!!!...........nevertheless, the "rabbi" continued on with his old testament "walk" finding more and more spurious doctrines to preach and publish, and leading to the video productions of "a rood awakening ministries" which challenged us all to "leave our western gentile idolatry and theology behind" and join the rabbi in his mission to spread the real truth about yahweh and yeshua to all the nations of the world!!!!........uh huh........word over the world all over again!!!............ the seeds of self-destruction are sown into all the "ministries" that share the "spiritual DNA" of the way international, and their "father in the word", vic wierwille!.....no matter how far they try to distance themselves from their roots in vic's perverted theologies, no matter how hard they try to cover up their twi "tracks", the various "chickens" always come home to roost!!!.........the sad thing is that, there are always so many innocent "followers" or "believers" who wind up getting used and abused all over again, with time, talents and monies once again stolen from their lives, in search of the "truth of god's word"!!..........same old lies, same old psychodynamic, same old path of destruction.............seems they refuse to learn the fact that, you just can't change or re-arrange your "DNA", unless you truly change who your "parents" are!!.........bad "seed" will always yield bad fruit!!!...........as dylan sang............."when will they ever learn?".......................WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN?!!...............................peace.

HI THERE ONCE MORE, JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!.......STILL CHECKING HERE AT YOUR FORUM AT THE GREASESPOT TO SEE IF YOU'VE POSTED ANY REPLIES YET!!!........AFTER ALL THIS TIME, STILL NOT A WORD FROM EITHER ONE OF YOU??.............WHY?......... FROM YOUR ARTICLE, "DEALING WITH ADVERSITY: ARE WE RELATING TO ADVERSITY IN A HEALTHY, BIBLICAL WAY?".................... c) Adversity is sometimes caused by our personal sinfulness, and brought on because sin and idolatry have weakened our defenses. When we suspect that this may be the case we quickly repent and seek God’s forgiveness and restoration of fellowship with the expectation of deliverance. We take responsibility for our choices and the consequences that followed from them, both intended and unintended. In this way we grow in wisdom and understanding about how life works and how to avoid many problems. DO YOU GUYS WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT YOUR REFUSAL TO POST ANYTHING HERE ON THIS THREAD, IS PROOF THAT YOU ARE "RELATING TO ADVERSITY IN A HEALTHY, BIBLICAL WAY"??...............DO YOU GUYS "TAKE RESPONSIBILITY" FOR YOUR CHOICES TO POST ALL THE MANY THINGS YOU POSTED HERE, BY TOTALLY IGNORING THE QUESTIONS ASKED OF YOU AS A RESULT OF THOSE POSTS??.........MY QUESTIONS OF YOU ARE JUST SOME OF THE "CONSEQUENCES THAT FOLLOWED FROM THEM, BOTH INTENDED AND UNINTENDED"!!............THERE ARE MANY MORE THAT YOU'LL NEED TO ADDRESS SOME TIME, BUT ANSWERS TO THOSE FIRST SEVEN QUESTIONS WILL SUFFICE FOR RIGHT NOW!!......IT SURE WOULD BE NICE OF YOU TO SHARE WITH YOUR GREASESPOT FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, HOW YOU'VE GROWN "IN WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW LIFE WORKS" BY POSTING A COUPLE OF REPLIES TO US HERE ON THIS THREAD!.........STILL PATIENTLY HOPING YOU'LL DO SO!..................THANKS.......................PEACE.

HELLO ONCE AGAIN, JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!!........I WAS HOPING THAT, PERHAPS YOUR RENEWED COMMITTMENT TO BE "ALL ABOUT THE WELFARE OF OTHERS" MIGHT HAVE ENCOURAGED YOU "SERVANT/LEADERS" TO POST A COUPLE OF REPLIES TO MY QUESTIONS HERE!......IT SEEMS YOU ARE'NT REALLY "ALL ABOUT" MUCH OTHER THAN YOUR CONTINUED COMMITTMENT TO TOTAL AVERSION OF ANY "ACCOUNTING" AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO DO HERE ON YOUR GREASESPOT FORUM!!........... FROM YOUR ARTICLE, "THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP: ENCOURAGING OTHERS WITH HEALTHY TEACHING"......... It is almost axiomatic that unhealthful teaching of the Word of God feeds and even causes mental illness, or “bad fruit,” in biblical terms. This would explain why there are so many professing Christians in mental hospitals. They have digested so many lies, myths and toxic teachings that weaken them to the point that the stresses and demands of life cause them to disconnect from reality. “Insanity” is characterized by a disconnection from reality and a withdrawal into one’s own mind and experience. A person is recognized as being on the road to recovery when he begins to take an interest in people and things outside of himself. To the extent that we are self-absorbed we are quite literally and technically “insane” to some extent. TO WHAT "EXTENT" ARE YOU, JEFF, AND JOHN, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CES/STFI, "SELF-ABSORBED"??........YOU CERTAINLY HAVE DEMONSTRATED NO GENUINE CONCERN FOR "THE WELFARE OF OTHERS" HERE AT THE SPOT!!......YOU HAVE STATED IN OTHER POSTS AT THE GREASESPOT, THAT THERE WERE "MISTAKES" MADE IN YOUR TEACHINGS, AND IN SOME OF THE PRACTICES ENGAGED IN BY YOUR MINISTRY'S "SERVANT/LEADERS" AT THE BOD LEVEL.........HOW ARE WE TO KNOW WHAT "UNHEALTHFUL TEACHING OF THE WORD OF GOD" YOUR MINISTRY HAS PUT FORTH IF YOU WILL NOT TELL US??.......THERE ARE VARIOUS EVIDENCES OF THE "BAD FRUIT" YOUR "UNHEALTHY" TEACHINGS HAVE SPAWNED, AS OUTLINED BY THE LETTER YOU POSTED HERE ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO!!.........HAS IT CAUSED "MENTAL ILLNESS" TOO?......DOES YOUR ABJECT SILENCE HERE ON YOUR FORUM INDICATE A "DISCONNECTION FROM REALITY AND A WITHDRAWAL INTO ONE'S OWN MIND AND EXPERIENCE" AT THE BOD LEVEL OF YOUR MINISTRY??......HOW IS ANYONE TO KNOW IF YOU REFUSE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES??............HOPING ALL IS WELL WITH YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND THAT YOU WILL POST SOME ANSWERS FOR US TO LET US KNOW THE STATE OF THE "HEALTH" OF YOUR TEACHINGS!!......................THANKS.........................PEACE.

thanks to dmiller, we were bluegrassin' all night in chat with www.worldwidebluegrass.com!!........i'm still bluegrassin' now, as i finally get ready to "turn in"!!.....beautiful, peaceful and pure music!!.....now on my favorites list!..................peace.

QUEEN ROCK MONTREAL!................a great band...........live in montreal with all the original members, including freddie!........just finished a kick-butt version of bohemian rhapsody, as only they could do it!!.........................peace!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAWTUCKET!!..........sure hope your next year is filled with love,peace, and joy!..........and, thanks again for the wonderful job you do, day in and day out, to provide us with this wonderful cyber-cafe in which to hang out with all our fellow greasespot patrons!!...........sure do appreciate this place!!.........once more, paw............HAPPY BIRTHDAY!.................peace.

GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN, JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!.........WAS HOPING THAT, BY NOW, YOU'D HAVE TAKEN THAT FIRST STEP UP ON "THE RUNG OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS", AND POSTED SOME REPLIES HERE!......OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST STEP IS THE HARDEST FOR YOU.......SO HARD, IN FACT, THAT THERE STILL ARE NO "PURE HEARTED WORDS" FROM EITHER OF YOU HERE!!............WHY?............. FROM YOUR ARTICLE, "THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP: ENCOURAGING OTHERS WITH HEALTHY TEACHING"......... It is an interesting fact to those of us who were taught that “doctrine” meant “right believing” or “right teaching” that the terms “right” and “doctrine” (or “teaching”) never occur together in the New Testament. What is coupled are the terms “healthy” (or “sound”) and “doctrine.” A commitment to being right, even about the Bible, is about self; promoting what is healthy or sound is about others. To be Christ-like servant/leaders requires us to be all about the welfare of others. We use our knowledge appropriately to serve others, and to wash their feet, not to elevate ourselves above them because we are “right” and they are “wrong.” YOUR TOTAL LACK OF RESPONSE HERE ON YOUR GREASESPOT CAFE FORUM IS SURELY NOT DEMONSTRATIVE OF YOU BEING "ALL ABOUT THE WELFARE OF OTHERS"!!.........DO YOU GUYS, OR ANYONE ON YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STILL ASPIRE OR CLAIM TO BE "CHRIST-LIKE SERVANT/LEADERS"??.......WILL ANY OF YOU EVER BE CONSIDERATE ENOUGH OF YOUR NEIGHBORS HERE AT THE SPOT, TO "SERVE" US SOME ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS YOUR NUMEROUS POSTS HERE HAVE RAISED??............IS YOUR MINISTRY REALLY "ALL ABOUT" "PROMOTING WHAT IS HEALTHY OR SOUND"??.........ARE YOU TRULY COMMITTED TO USING YOUR "KNOWLEDGE APPROPRIATELY TO SERVE OTHERS"??.......OR, ARE YOU HAPLESSLY FOCUSED ONLY ON YOURSELVES AND COVERING UP THE FACTS REGARDING WHAT HAPPENED IN YOUR MINISTRY, AND WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY AS A RESULT OF ANY MISTAKES OR CHANGES YOU HAVE MADE??......AS YOU STATE, IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING "RIGHT", OR "WRONG"......IT'S ABOUT BEING HONEST, TRANSPARENT, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, "ALL ABOUT THE WELFARE OF OTHERS"!!.........ARE WE GREASESPOTTERS TOO FAR BENEATH YOU TO BE WORTHY OF SOME HONEST ANSWERS???......... A COUPLE OF POSTS FROM YOU GUYS WOULD SURE GO A LONG WAY TOWARD "PROMOTING" OUR HEALTHY ATTITUDE TOWARD CES/STFI!!..........STILL PATIENTLY WAITING FOR YOU TO POST HERE!!......................THANKS!.......................PEACE.

HI AGAIN, JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!.........STILL PATIENTLY CHECKING HERE AT YOUR FORUM TO SEE IF YOU'VE POSTED ANYTHING YET!........APPARENTLY, BEING TRUTHFUL AND HONEST IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR YOU GUYS, SINCE YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO REMAIN STAUNCHLY SILENT, REFUSING TO COMMUNIUCATE WITH YOUR GREASESPOT CAFE NEIGHBORS!........... FROM YOUR ARTICLE, "ETHICAL REFLECTIONS: BEING TRUTHFUL-THE FIRST RUNG OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS"............ Even after being Christian for years, we too often resist the light of ethical scrutiny and avoid self-disclosure. Religion, as opposed to godliness, is often a catalyst to such denial and deception, because it holds out strict standards for right conduct without allowing open disclosure of temptation or sin. The Church ought to be a place for saints to learn to talk openly about the sin that continues to dwell in them, despite their best efforts to renounce it. This is the best way to cleanse the heart, which will then prompt pure hearted words and deeds. IT APPEARS THAT IT IS AGAINST YOUR RELIGION TO POST ANY REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONS I ASKED OF YOU ON THE FIRST POST OF THIS THREAD!........IS IT YOUR RELIGION WHICH IS THE "CATALYST" CAUSING YOU TO "RESIST THE LIGHT OF ETHICAL SCRUTINY AND AVOID SELF-DISCLOSURE" HERE AT YOUR GREASESPOT FORUM??.........OR, DO YOU EXPECT US TO BELIEVE THAT YOUR SILENCE HERE IS EVIDENCE OF YOUR FORM OF "GODLINESS"??.......NONE OF MY QUESTIONS ASKS YOU TO "TALK OPENLY ABOUT THE SIN" THAT CONTINUES TO DWELL IN YOU TWO, OR ANY MEMBER OF YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS!!........THEY ARE SIMPLE, STRAIGHT FORWARD, AND HONEST QUESTIONS WHICH YOUR PREVIOIUS POSTS HERE HAVE PROMPTED!.......THEY CALL FOR SIMPLE, STRAIGHT FORWARD AND HONEST ANSWERS, NOT A PUBLIC CONFESSION OF ANY SINS ANY OF YOU MAY HAVE COMMITTED!!........THEY ARE ASKED NOT TO "TRAP" YOU, BUT RATHER TO "PROMPT PURE HEARTED WORDS" FROM YOU IN RESPONSE TO PURE HEARTED QUESTIONS!!........STILL HOPING YOU'LL STEP UP ONTO THAT "FIRST RUNG OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS" BY POSTING SOME PURE HEARTED WORDS HERE!!....................THANKS!........................PEACE.

thanksgiving night.........david gilmour, live at the royal albert hall........special guests.........graham nash, david crosby, and david bowie...........EXCELLENT!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!.......THOUGHT MAYBE YOU'D PROVIDE ANOTHER "ITEM" FOR ME TO PUT ON MY LIST OF THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR, BY POSTING SOME REPLIES TO MY QUESTIONS HERE ON YOUR GREASESPOT CAFE FORUM!!............APPARENTLY, TAKING THAT FIRST STEP ON "THE RUNG OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS" IS REALLY NOT ANYWHERE NEAR BEING A PRIORITY FOR EITHER OF YOU GUYS, OR ANYONE ON YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS!!........... FROM YOUR ARTICLE, "ETHICAL REFLECTIONS: BEING TRUTHFUL-THE FIRST RUNG OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS"............ We are to put on this new self as an act of our will, with faith that the spirit of God is in us to support this change of lifestyle. This new lifestyle is based on true righteousness and holiness, with honesty at the foundation. That is why the very first moral commandment that follows concerns honesty: Ephesians 4:25 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. To speak the truth to our neighbors means that we are speaking the truth first to ourselves, and no longer allowing ourselves to live in deception. If we ask the Lord to reveal the true state of our hearts, he will. It may not be flattering, but it is liberating. When we see that what is really motivating us is fear, doubt, hurt, anger, envy, etc., we can repent and choose to be motivated by love for God and neighbor. As long as we are living in darkness, we have no choice but to walk according to the flesh. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ANY OF US TO KNOW IF YOU FOLKS "ARE SPEAKING THE TRUTH FIRST TO OURSELVES" IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AT ALL TO YOUR "NEIGHBORS" HERE AT THE GREASESPOT!!.........WE HAVE NO CLUE AS TO WHAT "THE TRUE STATE" OF YOUR HEARTS THE LORD HAS REVEALED TO YOU, IS.......SINCE YOU SEEM "HELLBENT" ON NOT SPEAKING TO US HERE!!!........HOW ARE WE TO KNOW "WHAT IS REALLY MOTIVATING" YOU, OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE REPENTED AND CHOSEN "TO BE MOTIVATED BY LOVE FOR GOD AND NEIGHBOR" IF YOU DETERMINE NOT TO EVEN SPEAK WITH YOUR GREASESPOT NEIGHBORS???........STILL HOPING YOU'LL DECIDE TO FOLLOW "THE VERY FIRST MORAL COMMANDMENT" BY BEING HONEST AND TRUTHFUL IN POSTING SOME ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS YOUR NEIGHBORS HERE HAVE ASKED YOU!!..............THANKS, AND............................PEACE!

happy thanksgiving to you too, pawtucket!!............and to all you greasespotters who make this cyber-cafe such a wild'n'crazy place to hang out in!!.........paw,...this is still the best spot to have a good reality brew and shoot the breeze with fellow patrons of your outstanding establishment!!.......we truly have many things to be thankful for, living here in the USA,.......and, the way you "run this place" is definitely another item on my list of things to be thankful for this year!!..........enjoy your day with your family, and thanks again for keeping the greasespt cafe "open for business"..........love you all!................peace.

GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN, JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!..........HOPING TO SEE A POST FROM EITHER OF YOU GUYS HERE AT YOUR FORUM!.........STILL NOTHING,........NOT A WORD!...................... FROM YOUR ARTICLE, "ETHICAL REFLECTIONS: BEING TRUTHFUL-THE FIRST RUNG OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS"............ Christian ethics has to do with proper conduct, but does not just look at the tip of the iceberg. It addresses the root of sinfulness in our hearts and commands us to bring into the light the hidden things, the deceptions, the masks that we wear to protect ourselves from being found out. The funny thing is, God has already found us out in Christ and accepted us long before we were ready to accept that acceptance and come into the light. DO EITHER OF YOU GUYS, OR ANYONE ON YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT CES/STFI, STAND BY THESE WORDS??..........ARE YOU SO BUSY SUING EACH OTHER THAT "CHRISTIAN ETHICS", AS YOU DEFINE THAT TERM, IS NO LONGER A PRIORITY FOR YOU??..........DOES YOUR EGREGIOUS SILENCE ABOUT ALL YOU HAVE POSTED HERE PREVIOUSLY, DISPLAY YOUR WILLFUL REFUSAL TO OBEY YOUR "CHRISTIAN ETHICS"?.......WHICH ETHICS, AS YOU STATE ABOVE, "COMMANDS US TO BRING INTO THE LIGHT THE HIDDEN THINGS, THE DECEPTIONS, THE MASKS THAT WE WEAR TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM BEING FOUND OUT."???....... WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE PROTECTING YOURSELVES FROM??...........WHAT IS IT THAT YOU FEAR "BEING FOUND OUT" BY ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS???..........I REMAIN HOPEFUL THAT YOUR "PROPER CONDUCT" WILL BE DEMONSTRATED BY YOUR TAKING "THE FIRST RUNG OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS", BY BEING TRUTHFUL WITH YOUR FRIENDS HERE AT THE GREASESPOT CAFE.............THANKS FOR POSTING YOUR REPLIES HERE!................PEACE.

HI AGAIN, JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!........CHECKING IN AGAIN HERE AT YOUR GREASESPOT CES/STFI FORUM TO SEE IF YOU'VE POSTED AGAIN OR NOT!...........LOOKS LIKE "NOT"!!............................ FROM YOUR ARTICLE, "OUR VIEW OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY"....... Learning to live in the “fruit of the spirit” is an important part of growing in authentic spirituality, and this moves us toward Christ-likeness. The holy spirit within us gently influences us to experience and evidence more love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Gal. 5:22-23). As we learn to cooperate with the holy spirit within us, and have faith that the spirit is working within us, we find that these “fruit” become more and more a part of our character and personality. Authentic spirituality is also indicated by genuine growth in the fruit of the spirit, especially those areas that we most struggle with. SO FAR, YOU HAVE NOT EVIDENCED MUCH OF YOUR "LEARNING TO LIVE IN THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT" HERE ON THIS THREAD!........ARE YOU STILL COOPERATING "WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN" YOU??.......UNLESS EGREGIOUS REFUSAL TO COMMUNICATE IS A "NEW FRUIT" HITHERTO UNKNOWN FROM GALATIANS5:22,23.......THERE DOES'NT SEEM TO BE MUCH OF THE OTHER NINE FRUIT INCORPORATED INTO YOUR "CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY" AS EVIDENCED ON THIS THREAD IN YOUR FORUM!!..........BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE "EVIDENCED" HERE, DO YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE "INDICATED" "AUTHENTIC SPIRITUALITY" BY YOUR REFUSAL TO POST SOME REPLIES??......IS HONEST COMMUNICATION WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST, WHO MEAN YOU ABSOLUTELY NO HARM, ONE OF "THOSE AREAS" YOU "MOST STRUGGLE WITH"??............STILL HOPING YOU'LL POST SOME ANSWERS FOR US HERE AT THE GREASESPOT..........YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE...........SURELY YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN!!.........THANKS!...................PEACE.

HELLO AGAIN, JEFF BLACKBURN AND JOHN LYNN!.......I WAS HOPING TO FINALLY FIND A POST FROM EITHER OF YOU HERE TODAY......BUT,......OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS STILL NO POST FROM EITHER OF YOU SERVANT/LEADERS........ FROM YOUR ARTICLE, "OUR VIEW OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY"....... As mentioned, one of the manifestations of holy spirit is “discerning of spirits.” We consider it fundamental to healthy Christian spirituality to learn to be spiritually discerning, and to recognize the reality and presence of a kingdom of spiritual darkness. This kingdom is led by a spirit being known as “the Prince of Darkness,” or “the Devil,” who organizes the activities of legions of evil spirits. These spirits are adept at counterfeiting everything the true God does, and hindering His purposes in every way they can. They attempt to saturate human societies with falsehoods, leading men and women away from the true God and the truth of the Bible. Authentic and mature spirituality involves faith and boldness to contend effectively with evil spiritual forces. It is also vitally important for a healthy spirituality that the believer not get out of balance in this area and “overspiritualize” adversity as if it were all the attack of the Devil. Healthy spirituality first emphasizes submission to God and Christ and their authority, then resistance to the Devil (James 4:7). WAS IT "THE DEVIL" WHO CAUSED YOUR MINISTRY TO BE LED "AWAY FROM THE TRUE GOD AND THE TRUTH OF THE BIBLE", IF INDEED YOU ADMIT TO THE FACT THAT "SOMETHING" HAPPENED WHICH NECESSITATED THE REMOVAL OF MARK AND KAREN ANN GRAESER FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF YOUR MINISTRY??......HOW DO THE "DEFINITIONS" OF THE REVELATION AND POWER MANIFESTATIONS AS TAUGHT BY CES/STFI DIFFER FROM THOSE TAUGHT BY THE WAY INTERNATIONAL??..............AS TAUGHT BY B.G. LEONARD??........YOUR USE OF A "DEFINITION" OF "DISCERNING OF SPIRITS" SEEMS TO BE THE SAME AS WIERWILLE'S.......IS IT?.......THE MORE I READ AT YOUR SEVERAL WEBSITES, THE MORE WIERWILLIAN "THEOLOGY" AND PHRASEOLOGY I FIND!.....WHAT ARE YOUR DOCTRINAL "ATTACHMENTS"??......HOW CAN WE KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE "OUT OF BALANCE IN THIS AREA", IF YOU DON'T COMMUNICATE WITH US??........STILL HOPING TO READ A POST OR TWO FROM YOU GUYS HERE!......AFTER ALL,....IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'VE NEVER POSTED HERE BEFORE!!........THANKS FOR YOU FORTHRIGHT REPLIES!......................................PEACE.