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Originally posted by brindle
Read Herman munsters guide to cool lunch boxes and keepin it real with lili and grandpa.
Originally posted by micmerci
reply to post by brindle
Oh please, please tell me the title so that I can run right out and buy it!!! (I sit on edge of seat with baited breath awaiting response)
Trying to infuse some people with intelligence is too much of a task .Reading one of my books wont assist in his quest for knowledge.It will only confuse him to a higher degree and shake his faith in a book that has translated more times than a screen door slams open and shut in a tornado.
Originally posted by Chamberf=6
Originally posted by brindle
Read Herman munsters guide to cool lunch boxes and keepin it real with lili and grandpa.
Originally posted by micmerci
reply to post by brindle
Oh please, please tell me the title so that I can run right out and buy it!!! (I sit on edge of seat with baited breath awaiting response)
Sooo...is that snarky "reply" supposed to give your argument credence??
Until a few years ago when it embraced mainstream Christianity, the Worldwide Church of God was a cult of Christianity (a theological designation indicating a movement that rejects or twists one or more essentials doctrines of the Christian faith). After Armstrong's death in 1986, the Worldwide Church of God underwent changes that, while subtle at first, set it on a path toward schism. By 1995, its leadership had repudiated much of Armstrong's "end-time" theology and even jettisoned hallmarks that helped define the church — worship on Saturday instead of Sunday, for example, and mandatory tithing. It also accepted the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, which Armstrong had disavowed. The turn toward mainstream Christianity prompted the formation of eight breakaway churches.
Armstrong held to some unconventional Christian beliefs, including that the Sabbath should be celebrated on Saturday and that holy days on the calendar are those given in Leviticus, which included holidays such as Passover. He also emphasized that the end of time was coming soon. After Armstrong's death in 1986, his church ruled that some of these beliefs were in error and moved toward the mainstream of the evangelical world, Tabor said. Meredith remained more faithful to the original Armstrong positions and broke away. In 2003, Meredith's church, now known as the Living Church of God, moved its headquarters from San Diego to Charlotte. Tabor described the church as conservative and evangelical, but said, "The key thing would be apocalyptic."
In its Official Statement of Fundamental Beliefs on its Web site, the church says its mission includes: "To preach the true Gospel of the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ to all nations as a witness" and "to preach the end-time prophecies and to warn the English-speaking nations and all the world of the coming Great Tribulation." The church holds generally that members should not take part in politics, juries or military service, and it continues to observe the Sabbath from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. Tabor said that although the church puts "strong emphasis on the Hebrew roots of the Christian faith," including its Sabbath and holiday observances, it would not be correct to view it as connected to Judaism. The church believes strongly in the divine identity of Jesus. "They would tend to really revere the Old Testament alongside the New Testament more than most Christian groups do," Tabor said.
Due to its rejection of some of the essential doctrines of the Christian faith, the Living Church of God is considered to be - theologically - a cult of Christianity. [Click here for information about the difference between theological and sociological definitions of the term 'cult.] In The News The Living Church of God is currently in the news because of a shooting that took place at one of its services
Originally posted by ImplodeThisExistence
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Originally posted by colbe
Rodrick is in error, major error about paragraph #9. The persecution of the faith has gone on for 2000 years and we are in a time when it is going to get much worse. If you oppose the Church, you gotta change because the Remnant is Roman Catholic.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, His words you can read in an excerpt from a message given a Latin American seer. Try to connect what Jesus is saying with disbelief now. What Christians deny the Real Presence, deny the most Holy Eucharist by professing it is not Christ present in the consecrated host but only a symbol? If Christ's teaching, a perfect example of faith is not true, why is the Real Presence going to be outlawed by the anti-Christ?
September 18, 2011
...Fire will descend from on high, fire of the same sin. Physical fire and spiritual fire. It will make man look within himself even without wishing it. I AM AN INSTANT AWAY.
I come to conquer over evil.
I come for the false prophet and the antichrist.
My Eucharistic Sacrament will be outlawed by the antichrist.
DO NOT FAIL, I AM WITH MY PEOPLE...
I COME TO RESTORE EVERYTHING CREATED IN MY WILL.