Quote “I HAVE SAID “DO AS YOU PLEASE ON OCT 31ST” AND I WILL DO WHAT I BELIEVE I SHOULD DO”. I WILL NOT CONDEMN YOU OR CAST SHADOW ON YOUR HEART FOR NOT DOING WHAT I DO, BUT NEITHER SHOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME?”.–WJWow! The big letters! Oh my. I kind of find the above, like me saying: “listen, you believe the tri…[Read more]

Quote (Not3in1 @ Oct. 22 2009,04:28)Quote (Nick Hassan @ Oct. 20 2009,11:05)HI NOT3, At the very least halloween glorifies witchcraft and the occult.We should think about it.I don't know……Ask a child what Halloween “glorifies” and I bet you wouldn't get witchcraft and the occult.  You would hear things like, the harvest, pumpkins, candy,…[Read more]

Quote David, who is playing god by determining that some how we must be offending some “Brother” and causing them to stumble and therefore sinning, for giving out candy and Bible tracts to kids.You know nothing about who we offend and who we don't do you David? Therfore you should stop judging us shouldn't you?–WJYou say syncretism is ok for…[Read more]

Quote And giving gospel tracts to children and a piece of candy in Christ's name is unholy how?–Thinker.Since when did putting Christ's name on something make it holy?Do you remember the calf that the Israelites worshiped, while Moses was receiving the commandments. They called it what?…. “A festival to Jehovah.”Maybe they even stamped God's…[Read more]

Quote “Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters”. One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has…[Read more]

I think a lot of people think they have FREEDOM, when really, they are enslaved to the ways of the world.  They are forced to compromise, and combine truth with lies, pure worship with old pagan ideas.They have little choice but to partake in some way.  They will make every effort to call it “their way” or say they are doing it on “their terms.”  …[Read more]

Quote My mom used to tell me a story about a frog and a pot of water. She said that if you put a frog into a boiling pot of water (Halloween), it will jump out. But if you put a frog in to a cool pot of water (Christmas and Easter), you can gradually heat it up and cook the frog alive!!–Mandy?How did your mom figure this out? Poor frogs…..

Quote (Not3in1 @ Oct. 22 2009,16:24)Quote (WorshippingJesus @ Oct. 22 2009,16:18)Quote (Lightenup @ Oct. 21 2009,23:35)So, I had a thought to look at the history of Purim.  Maybe this can be of interest.  Does anyone know if God detested this man instituted celebration?  Look how they celebrated it…with costumes, giving gifts of food and dr…[Read more]

Quote Christmas without Jesus is just a winter holiday. I will celebrate Christmas.Almost every part of Christmas existed before Jesus was born.

Quote God gives direction here to Gideon to pull down a pagan altar and use the Asherah as firewood to later use to burn an offering to the Lord on the new altar that Gideon was to build in the same place and this time it would be an altar for the Lord. So you see, the Lord did not concern Himself with the purpose of what lied there before. It…[Read more]

Quote Gene,Paul did eat in an idol's temple. he had the knowledge that no other gods exist.–thinker.Paul said: Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat flesh at all, that I may not make my brother stumble. (1 cor 8:13)

Quote We do not see the day as a different day, but somehow you guys do!–WJThis is crazy! Isn't it?Some of US will do absolutely nothing different than if it were any other day.Some of YOU will have special occasion parties because it is a special day to you. You will do things you don't normally do, because it is a day set aside for…

Quote Tell me something, to a Christian who saw Paul from afar (hanging out with the godless) how would this look to them? Would they think he was partaking of the evil affair? Would it cause them to stumble? Would it have the appearence of evil? Hmmm.— MANDYExtremely interesting question Mandy.If you read Acts 17:18-19, it seems as if he was…[Read more]

Quote think the more he quotes it the more real it becomes.–conIt is so irritating when people think that if they repeat something over and over again, it makes it true.

Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never again eat flesh at all, that I may not make my brother stumble.In the face of this scripture, would it make sense for someone to say: 'I am free to eat whatever I want. My freedom is important. It's mine. I'm free. Yay freedom!'What was Paul saying he was willing to do to his freedom to…[Read more]

Quote I AM DEFENDING CHRISTIAN LIBERTY. –thinkerQuote We are defending our freedom in Christ to do with Oct 31st what ever we believe God wants us to do or not to do!–WJSince this is apparently the theme, I'm wondering if either of you could explain your Christian freedom. Define it. Explain it. Make us understand why it is more important to…[Read more]

Quote The last time we did this was about 6 weeks ago and 7 people got saved! –WJWere they choking on the hot dogs?

Quote So I will anwser…The Bible says I am to love my nighbor as myself, not more than myself, doesn't it?If he is my brother then giving children candy and a Bible tract should not offend him–WJWJ, I've played this mind game with myself a couple of times too, convincing myself that if they were only smarter, if they only had more knowledge,…[Read more]

Quote Halloween is a threat to you because you are conscious of that which does not exist!It's not a threat to either of us, Thinker. Here is what I think “to stumble” someone means. As far as I can tell, everyone and their dog knows halloween has ancient roots that are dark. Most don't care. But many others do. And if someone who is starting…[Read more]

Quote (thethinker @ Oct. 21 2009,08:08)Quote (Nick Hassan @ Oct. 21 2009,07:54)Hi TT, Really? When were you told this had already happened?Nick,Have I been so long  time with you and you don't know my arguments? Jesus said “NOW is the judgment of this world. NOW is the prince of this world cast out (John 12:31-32).From what was satan cast out if…[Read more]