Lily, 22 students btw thank you for pointing out my past misspelling of Timloathians. ha
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larry bobo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- . > > However, I do think there is a difference > between repenting of the sin of adultery and > saying adultery is the pathway to more of God > where repentance is unnecessary. I recall members say. They repented for their divorces. Matt Walkoe email reply to JHorning on page 7, 1/7/2011 menti
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Could G-man have tagged along with the students to Israel.
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Invisible I liked your post on coming to terms with divorce/remarriage. Your exchange with rond reminded me. I have friends who stay in their crummy marriage. They say they don't want to be single. Even though the bad marriage is draining and depressing for them. Martha must have asked herself. Is it really worth staying. She was 60+ years old. Gutsy.
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The wounds from broken marriages & families, a > direct fruit of being immersed in LW culture for > so many years, is still fresh. The conversations > we have here reflect that. At least, for the most > part, we're not pretending to be something we're > not...unlike the phoniness
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filty apron, lol. We share the same rebel streak. Agree with you about forgiveness for adulterers. In reading all the posts. Found myself irked by the number of times Larry Bobo judged John and G&M for their adultery. Not because I wanted them to be defended. Because LB couldn't see the log in his own eye.
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I don't condemn you, Larry. You post often. "Obey the words of Jesus. He will change you from the inside. You can live a Kingdom life." Jesus called remarriage adultery. You were disobedient. You chose not to remain single. You remarried. I was wondering how you reconciled it. You gave your response. You say you are blessed. I won't bring it up again. TLWF views on divorce
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Larry Bobo, don't take this wrong. You've posted often. We should read the instruction manual. The words of Jesus. Your posts say both you and your wife divorced. According to what Jesus said. Does that now make you and your wife adulterers? Don't take this wrong. I'm interested in your opinion.
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Before I left, I obsessed about death at least 10 hours a day. After I left, the obsession reduced to 4 hours a day. Then 2 hours. I don't obsess about it anymore.
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rond Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What happens if the "designee" objects to the > edicts of the "designor"? Those whose minds have been hacked by TLWF. Would not object. Those who object could face anger and discipline. Even expulsion.
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kBOY Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > P.S. The G-Man has been AWOL for more than a > month, perhaps preparing for his Catholic > ordination I have a feeling he went to a monster truck jam "Path of Destruction" show. He loves watching things get crushed.
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Another miracle. The single moms and dads. Separated by TLWF inhumane version of the unequal yoke doctrine. Who worked two jobs to care for their kids. And still found time to help them with their homework.
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Sagehen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I learned years after leaving in '79 that > Shaw's churches all said I was a Jezebel and that > my husband was to divorce me,but I do not believe > this came from John because he spoke with me > included that day in the van. > Anyone who questioned a prophet of God was thought to have a J
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kbyrne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the more ill that John became, the > more violent the intercession, and the more those > around him were concerned that the whole thing > would fall apart. There also seemed to be this > message that we've got to protect John from > everyone and everything around him, and Marilyn > a
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kbyrne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also, I was at Shiloh during the Jim > Jones/People's Temple massacre. They > (JRS/Marilyn) encouraged all of us to go home if > our families were worried about us being in a > cult. I had never heard that there were > journalist snooping around at the time, which does > put a different spi
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BenTHare Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was ripe for the taking.......JRS, "To be a > Christian" hooked me. > > Honestly, don't think I had ever read To Be a Christian. It sounds like lipservice. This is what hooked me: "Serve God now, and get with the Walk, and believe me, and power and authority and influence are
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puddington Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you have a box of This Weeks or tapes in your > garage, I also highly recommend that you dump > them. Burn it, shred it, or throw it all in a > septic pond somewhere. It is great therapy. It > will help you recover and break your bond with the > Living Word. > > I don't belie
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kBOY Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 40yearsin2016: > > I have openly confessed to being in a cult to > dozens of people over the years, some of whom I > barely knew. It would always somehow come up as a > random tangent in wherever the conversation was > heading. You may find it become second-nature > after a while, like a resum
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k-Boy lol, lily, Invisible, I hear ya. Dump my box that I never look at anyway. Lighten the load.
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Invisible Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The rehashing that goes on and on and over and over - > in the forum - is a result of realizing and > reconciling many matters for ourselves with the > hope that those in TLW will in some way benefit > from what we write. Yeah. Good to talk about it for the poster and reader. Lily, I was sent
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puddington Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone got any good stories from the mattress > rooms at Shiloh? the slight urine smell
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A scene from my video series--'The Horrible Street > Evangelist': > "Excuse me sir...have you read 'The Line is > Drawn?' No? Would you like my copy? I don't need > it anymore. > Hey--you don't have to be so rude. A simple 'no' > would suffice.
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changedagain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As an aside... > I recall trying to lure my older brother into the > fellowship in the late 70's, providing him a 'This > Week'--thinking he would be overwhelmed by the > anointing that saturated the pages, and demand to > be part of the movement. He read it in front me > (f
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kbyrne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > I also agree with a lot of what larry bobo said. > And very much agree with Sagehen. I feel very > much the same. > > I know that God looks at the heart. I think many > of us were searching for something more than we > had found in our previous churches. Something to > give o
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Lampshmamp, I read your post in which you tried to squelch Apostle Dog's views and he left the forum. I also read your post in which you once tried to squelch the use of term sheep being used on the forum until Larry Bobo chimed in. Some honesty please.
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filthy apron Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was 12 when John died, was 20 when I was > ex-communicated. So I guess that puts me right in > the middle. My family and I lived in Shiloh during > the Victory seige, I went to the Centers of > Learning at Shiloh (which was there contrary to > what the "leadership" can recall) I don&
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lily rose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > changedagain Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > NickleandDimed Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > SouthGate Wrote: > > > > > > ---------------------------------------
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Souhgate, this is from the forum rules: Everyone must behave respectfully and with courtesy!!!
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SouthGate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Enough of the bruised reed crap. Time to Lift Me > Up. > :) Ah yes....your miserable standard again. I found the bruised reed comments edifying. Not crap.
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rond, you pose a theological question. I don't think anyone is going to take the bait. Theological discussions are against the forum rules. However, my pastor told me this. John believed no one understands how it all works out. But John didn't believe God is sending people to hell after having held them unaccountable unless there was real chance for them to hear the gospel. No one unde
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