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  Do you still preach?

  by Theocrat in

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  many here are not jehovah's witnesses anymore because of one reason or another, but do you still preach?

  do you still think that it is important for a christian to preach?

  just wondering.

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  shamus

  A friend in need,

  Please leave this site then. For god's sake, who's holding you here, and why would you think a board of apostates are your friends.

  To the Theocrat guy / gal, I hereby call bullshit on your 'teaching method' and call bullshit on your entire understanding of the 'christian' scriptures. You have already said untruths about the scriptures. I think that you don't know what you're talking about... it sounds like I"m at a door with myself 10 years ago!

  Look at how your jump around, making no sense whatsoever... jumping from scripture to scripture to try to confuse idiots...

  You are full of horseshit, in my opinion. Do you really think that Jeehover has given you 'holy spirit'? I think that god thinks you're full of horseshit, although I have been wrong many many times in the past....

  Thanks for making me sure that I am doing the right thing by NOT preaching, you goofball. Uh oh... another millstone around your neck.... that's two now ain't it my fellow trailer park friend... (just kidding)

  Now wake up and see how stupid you seem here.

  I am glad that the apostle paul and others preached to the congregations. It was so nice of them to do so.... unfortunately, I am not a preacher man..... nor do I go from house to house like the apostle paul did.... thank god!
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  Do you still preach?

  by Theocrat in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many here are not jehovah's witnesses anymore because of one reason or another, but do you still preach?

  do you still think that it is important for a christian to preach?

  just wondering.

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  shamus

  I just can't believe that you are pulling this, Theocrat. You are having a conversation with me about scriptures, you say that its one way, it's clearly not, as far as I can see, and then you ignore me. Not normal dialogue by any means.
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  Do you still preach?

  by Theocrat in

  1. jw
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  many here are not jehovah's witnesses anymore because of one reason or another, but do you still preach?

  do you still think that it is important for a christian to preach?

  just wondering.

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  shamus

  Hey theocrat. Explain your views of acts 20:20 to me! Stop bouncing around like a lunatic and answer the dammed question!
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  Do you still preach?

  by Theocrat in

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  many here are not jehovah's witnesses anymore because of one reason or another, but do you still preach?

  do you still think that it is important for a christian to preach?

  just wondering.

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  shamus

  Okay here, Theocrat. LOOK! Let's go point by point....

  **slaps Theocrat silly, throws water in face, slaps again**

  Hello there.....

  Are you going to answer my question, or are you going to just keep throwing more balls for me to juggle here?

  C'mon.... answer the question!
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  Do you still preach?

  by Theocrat in

  1. jw
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  many here are not jehovah's witnesses anymore because of one reason or another, but do you still preach?

  do you still think that it is important for a christian to preach?

  just wondering.

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  shamus

  Okay,,,,, he could have in fact said that. Where is that scripture?

  Okay, but back to my previous point. Taken in context, am I not correct? How do you explain your belief that we all must preach by acts 20:20, when it clearly does not? Or does it?
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  Do you still preach?

  by Theocrat in

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  many here are not jehovah's witnesses anymore because of one reason or another, but do you still preach?

  do you still think that it is important for a christian to preach?

  just wondering.

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  shamus

  Honestly here... what are you talking about here Theocrat? You just said that Acts 20:20 proves that all true christians preach 'from house to house', in your own words.

  Let me type out this scripture here....

  Acts 20:17 However, from Miletushe sent to Ehesus and called for the older men of the congregation.

  vs. 20 While I did not hold back from telling you any of the thingsthat were profitable nor from teaching you publicly from house to house.

  So Paul is in fact saying that HE did not hold back from preaching from house to house.... not the elders whom he assembled, and certainly not the 'congregation'.

  Can you explain this? I am honestly curious... maybe I just don't see this right.
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  Do you still preach?

  by Theocrat in

  1. jw
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  many here are not jehovah's witnesses anymore because of one reason or another, but do you still preach?

  do you still think that it is important for a christian to preach?

  just wondering.

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  shamus

  Okay. I just read Acts 20:20. If you put that scripture in context, Paul is speaking to "the older men of the congregation".... sounds like preachers to me. He was not speaking to the whole congregation, ONLY the "older men".

  Do you have anything to say?

  Sorry about the heckling. I have been guilty of doing the same myself and sometimes still do. I would like to work my way through this and verify that I should not be in fact 'preaching' from 'house to house'.
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  Do you still preach?

  by Theocrat in

  1. jw
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  many here are not jehovah's witnesses anymore because of one reason or another, but do you still preach?

  do you still think that it is important for a christian to preach?

  just wondering.

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  shamus

  When Paul talked about the "sacrifice of praise" or "fruit of lips", he noted that as the duty of every follower of Christ.

  Huh? What are you talking about here?

  I am going to get my bible right now. Unfortunately it's the New World Tralslation....
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  Do you still preach?

  by Theocrat in

  1. jw
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  many here are not jehovah's witnesses anymore because of one reason or another, but do you still preach?

  do you still think that it is important for a christian to preach?

  just wondering.

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  shamus

  That is true... people were 'christian' while Jesus was here on earth yet there was no organized preaching work that I know of...

  Let's go one point at a time here.

  So as far as I know, Jesus only had 12 apostles or whatever with him 'preaching'. People did not go door to door who heard Jesus... am I correct?
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  Prats with microphones

  by Jonty Parkin in

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  in your congregation, did you ever have macho-wannabes on the microphones, strutting up and down the aisles handling the mikes as though they were aka assault rifles?.

  we had a few tossers like this.

  in fact, i might even have been one of them.... jonty

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  shamus

  Mike weenie... atrocious but true.

  I got 'promoted' from just mic handler to song player and head mic handler.... LOLOLOL! What a dumbass I was. I just walked out one day and came back about 1 month later... nobody said anything to me really... oh, how I miss them.....,,.,