Posts by gina

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Michael Moore--Bill O'Reilly finally, on Foxnews tonight

by sf in

tonight 8 pm / 1 am et

challenge accepted michael moore finally enters the no spin zone!

tune in for the fireworks.. .

gina

I'll cast my vote here. I saw the interview and I thought, too, that O'Reilly held back--I think he was trying to play fair. I also believe that Michael Moore DOES hate Pres. Bush. I have no desire to see his movie and put my hard-earned money in his wallet. Just what IS he doing with all that money, anyway??? MM is just a big, fat, ...oops, I'm sorry...I'm forgetting that I'm a Christian!

I have a 19-year-old son and I would be more than proud and honored if he joined one of the armed services. Yes, I would be fearful if he were to be sent to Iraq, but I would be proud that he loves his country and the freedom we all seem to take for granted so much that he would be willing to die for us to remain free.

Instead, he chooses to speed on the highway in his car and risk his life that way. God already saved him from one wreck two years ago. I pray that he has no more.

A child of the 60s, I used to be a bra-burning liberal feminist who believed in pro-choice. I was a Democrat who voted as such. When I became a Christian, my world view changed as well as my heart. I am a Republican, proud of it, and I will vote for George Bush (even though Maryland always votes Democrat).

gina

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Your Thoughts On Headship In Marriage.

by Flash in

god said at genesis 1:26-27.

26) "let us make man (mankind?

) in our image, according to our likeness... 27) and god proceeded to create the man in his image, in his image he created him; male and female he created them.

gina

Well, I've had it both ways--biblically, I mean. It's a very long story but my first husband supposedly found Jesus and began to study the Bible during the last couple of years of our marriage and since both Paul and Peter say that wives shall submit to their husbands, he decided that I was to do as he said NO MATTER WHAT. He ended up abusing me both verbally and physically. The Bible only seemed to verify what he always felt about women. I left him. We were divorced two years later.

"Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Husbands ought to love their wives as the do their own bodies. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church." Eph 5:25-28

Since marrying my second husband, he and I have become born-again, and are trying to put Christ first in our marriage. He, as the servant-leader, must LOVE ME AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH. Christ loved us so much gave up his life for His church. Jesus taught us to love one another and to serve one another in love.

My husband ultimately makes the decisions in our marriage, but he listens to me and considers my opinions and feelings--something my first husband never did. Quite frankly, most of the time, I have to admit, it goes my way. He loves me so much that most often, he wants to do it my way.

For the first time in my life I am truly happy. I owe all this to Jesus because within the first year of our marriage, we were hit with several crises that almost completely separated us. We almost divorced. I truly believe it was Jesus who saved our marriage. I truly believe, also, that if BOTH the husband and wife follow the design for marriage outlined in the Bible, the marriage will be happy and successful. I have observed other couples in my church who have 25- and 30+-year marriages--all first timers--no divorces and remarriages, including our pastor and his wife, and have found this to be true.

gina

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Is disfellowshiping Scriptual

by jaredg in

hey guys i need som help.

i'm writing a letter to my family about the doubts and concerns i have of the wts and how they aren't god's source for spiritual food.

i don't feel that disfellowshiping and shunning is scriptual, however i'm having trouble find evidence.

gina

I am a non-JW, but Christian, whose sister is a JW. I have witnessed--sorry for the pun--two disfellowshipments in my sister's family. One brought the family member back to the fold--I think only because he stood to loose his wife and kids. The other is the youngest daughter who is in her early 20s.

One pastor at my church is also a former JW. He has told me that, among other things, including unnessessary legalisms that Jesus, himself, hated and rebuked the pharisses about, is God's forgiving grace. God forgave by giving us the most wonderful gift of His son. Jesus told us to forgive 77 times 7. Jesus hung out with the sinners--tax collectors, prostitutes, etc., etc. We need to remember what Jesus said and did.

gina

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Mitral Valve Prolapse

by kls in

does anyone else have this ?

does it bother and annoy you as much as me, especially having to take antibiotics before a dentist will touch ya.

gina

Hi. My neice has it and a former coworker had it. You need to take the antibiotics before dental work (or any surgery probably) in case of infection. Any infection in the body can make its way to the heart and that can be DEADLY. My neice had endocarditis (an infection of the heart), the source of which was never determined, and it almost killed her. PLEASE take care of yourself and take those annoying antibiotics before your dental work. Believe me, you don't want to end up in the hospital hooked up to IVs pumping antibiotics through your veins!

Take care.

Gina

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Does anyone here believe in Hell as in Hellfire?

by confusedjw in

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i don't and assume no one does, but thought i would ask.

gina

Hell-o. I'm not sure. My pastor has described hell as "separation from God." Whatever that is, I'd prefer to spend eternity WITH God.

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WHO'S ARE YOU???

by ebonychristian in

hello, my name is ebonychristian (ebony=caribbean {black}, christian=i am a protestant).

i am an evangelist, and debating is my passion.

my email address is [email protected], and please, feel free to use it.

gina

Hello, EbonyChristian. My name is Gina and this is my very first post on this website. I, too, am an evangelical Christian and am passionate about my faith. It took me 43 years to get to this point and my life has completely change because of Jesus Christ. The word, evangelical, only means to tell others of the good news. However, with all our wonderful beliefs, we need to remember that Jesus told us to love one another. I do hope that in your passion, you speak the Truth in Love.

To OhappyDay, think of water and its forms as liquid, solid and gas (water, ice, steam). God, the Father, God, the Son, and God, the Holy Spirit. The word Trinity is not in the Bible, but the principle is. God has three forms and these three forms are mentioned throughout the OT and NT. The very first reference is in Genesis 1:26, "Then God said us make man in our image, in our likeness..." Billy Graham wrote a wonderful book titled "The Holy Spirit," which explains the person of the Holy Spirit so wonderfully. If you'd like to learn more, please read it. No pressure, though.

I am here not as a former JW, but as a family member of one--actually more than one, now. My sister and her husband who became JWs over 30 years ago, brought up their three children, who are now adults as Jehovah's Witnesses. The two older children married Witnesses and now are bringing up their children in the religion. I found this website in my search to witness to my JW sister. After over 30 years of not talking about it, we are now conversing back and forth via email about our respective faiths. I have found this website very helpful in giving me information as well as perspective from those of you who were once JWs.

For those of you who are believers in Christ, pray that the Holy Spirit will open up the eyes and heart of my sister that she will see and hear God's Truth--the REAL TRUTH--so that she may finally be free.

Thank you and God bless.

gina