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Oh! Thank you for responding! I think that I have come up with a plan. I am going to ask my dad to put it on his credit card and then I am going to give him a check that he can deposit after my husband gets paid. I still have to ask him, but I think he will do it since he gets air miles for using his card and he pays his card bill monthly so I

boatmen: Who will pay my gas bill?  Certainly the church isn't going to do it.  The local Christian isn't going to do it, he's to busy paying for his new car.  When I asked you this the first time you had no answer.... so did ya come up with one yet that doesn't involve me starving to death while I wait?   I still can't ...

This is a complete venting post! I (my husband also but reluctantly) had planned on going to the Weekend to Remember the first weekend in November but it looks like it won't be possible. I SO wanted to go. Our marriage needs this badly. If I could wait until Nov 2nd to pay the registration fee, then I would be able to go, BUT it's $100 more ...

boatmen: Do I envy others?  Nope.  Do I wish for them to not drive a new car?  Nope.  Actually I couldn't care less what they drive or don't drive.   I only mentioned the car thingy as a real life example of hypocrisy in action. It is hypocritical for a person, who has earned the money, to buy their family a ...

divorce in church: reagtay: Holten, In general Luke 20 - 26 is a call to obey civil authority. I haven't suggested anything in any of my posts that as Christians and citizens , we should not do that. On the other hand, the verse doesn't prevent us from being proactive in helping to create a responsible government. From your post I have ...

Your presenting an image here that you expect SOMEONE ELSE to take care of you. Is that true? I think I need a clearer picture of your situation, but from just what you wrote it looks like 1. you expect to be taken care of by someone else and 2. you envy the people that have worked hard (or at least over extended themselves) to drive a new car.

Well, I haven't updated for awhile. I am stuck on the day where you have to ask about the three things. I can't bring myself to ask. No doubt my husband and I have some serious communication problems! I'm waiting until I complete the task before I move on. For the most part, it seems to be going well for most of us. It's interesting that women ...

Holten, In general Luke 20 - 26 is a call to obey civil authority. I haven't suggested anything in any of my posts that as Christians and citizens , we should not do that. On the other hand, the verse doesn't prevent us from being proactive in helping to create a responsible government. From your post I have an idea that you are trying to ...

Isn't God a huge supporter of free will? Forcibly taking someones hard earned money to give to someone else violates this principle. Everyone likes to scream when they hear that the government is enforcing morality, but if you believe that government social programs are a Biblical way to help ''the least of these'' isn't that exactly what is going ...

boatmen:   How many children should we let the church starve to death before we act?       The church is starving children? C'mon! I does get me thinking though. I think I am going to do some research and compare the long term results of government ''programs'' and the long term results of Christian organizations.

Holten: Just curious - from a ''help those in need'' and ''give sacrificially'' perspective, how do you reconcile a Republican position (on social programs, taxes, support for corporations, etc) any moreso than a Democrat position? In a million years I would have never assumed that helping those in need and giving sacrificially is a ...