Masturbation: A Christian Perspective

'Masturbation is nothing to be ashamed of. It's not something to be
particularly proud of, either.' (Matt Groening)

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once a month to some Usenet groups where young people in particular have
questions about this subject and don't know where to turn for answers. Every
time it's posted 1,000+ visit the article to read it. So, you regular Usenet
inhabitants, you don't need to get excited about this repetition - for
whatever reason :-)!!!

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Shalom! Rowland Croucher

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it (G K
Chesterton)

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I don't necessarily disagree with Pope Benedict here.

Saddam's death is a tragedy.

It's a tragedy not because I agreed with him, or thought him a good man.
Rather it's a tragedy because of all the death. Saddam could have been
a good leader if only he had made other choices in life. He chose
violence, death, power and destruction. He chose evil over good.

This is the tragedy. God did create Saddam Hussain and because of his
actions and his actions alone, his life was taken rightfully by a
society of good people.

Saddam is Dead! Thank God!

The tragedy is that one of God's children has rejected good and turned
to evil. Because of this, Saddam's life and the lives of all his
victims is wasted.

while Biblically it was approved of God to smash idols and idol
worshipers in the Old Testament, the freedom of religious expression
here in America allows every sort of blasphemy to be protected.

for example, to smash down a idol of Mary someone has on their lawn,
idols in public view are common in the northeast, is to be subject to
arrest. a criminal trespass warrant would be issued and jail time or
community services would be levied and damages would have to be paid.

and the idol would be raised up again.

it is not in the charge to believers to do such things here in
America, regardless of the blasphemies in public view, regardless of
how great an evil it is to see such things as laws created to protect
these blasphemous idol worshipers from erecting idols.

if a Karni Mata rat worshiper immigrates to America, moves in next
door, runs right to a pet shop and buys a load of rats and lets them
run free in their house, and the faithful Christian sees these things
crawling around on their neighbors windows sills, there's nothing he
could do about it.

civil laws protect rat worshipers, too.

May this new year bring you closer to the truth of our Lord Jesus.
May you and yours be richly blessed in this new year.
God Bless

Places to surf in the new year
The Stream TV > Official home of Quick Study
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Truth For Life
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Grace to You
http://www.gty.org/

Ligonier Ministries
http://www.ligonier.org/

Chuck Missler
http://www.khouse.org/

Charles Stanley Institute
http://www.charlesstanleyinstitute.com/portal/home.html

Ravi Zacharias
http://www.rzim.org/

"Steve Hayes" hotmail.com> wrote in message



I am not as politically literate as you are, and most certainly not
as theologically erudite, so I am going to refrain from arguing with
you on these points. They have certainly given me something to
think about.

I will be heading out to the Youth For Christ camp early next week
to cover their first aid, and I will take two books off my bookshelf
(amongst others), "The Apartheid Bible" by Dr J A Loubser and De
Gruchy's "The Church Struggle in South Africa". It has been a while
since I looked at those. It will be interesting to read them with
hindsight.

Blessings for a safe night.

The New Year as a Marker

Human beings use many things as markers in their lives. I guess I should
say, "in our lives," since I am also a human being.

We use birthdays, summer vacations, harvest seasons, Christmases, and the
really big one: New Year's day. Such markers give us an opportunity to both
reflect on the past and plan, postulate or predict the future. We may even
set resolutions for ourselves, such as the breaking of old habits or the
establishing of new ones.

It is an ancient practice, rooted deeply in the past of just about every
culture and people. The Bible records quite a few annual markers in the
feasts and other national observances established for the people Israel by
God through His servant Moses. The great feasts and sacrifices were times
to gather and reflect and mark progress or failure.

Progress and failure is a part of every human life. We are all of us often
made aware of the areas in which we are maturing and growing, and the areas
where we seem to be making no progress at all. Each person is different,
when it comes to success and failure, in that we each have a different set
of strengths and weaknesses. None of us are perfectly strong in all the
areas of our lives. And no one is a failure at everything.

Though the X commandments said "thou shalt not kill," they were
enforced by ... killing.

Question: Were Roman numerals used by the Israelites in 1,000 B.C.?
And, did they actually speak in Elizabethan English?

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Truth For Life
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Grace to You
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Ligonier Ministries
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Chuck Missler
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Charles Stanley Institute
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Justice for Saddam and Bush ?

This was written before the execution, but it still applies.

Justice is the equitable treatment of all people, with a touch of
compassion, justice given to all with equally and fairly.

If on the one hand, they can justify hanging former Iraqi dictator
Saddam Hussein, for his role in the killing of 148 innocent people in
1982, what should the world do about 2,991 American Soldiers, and the
estimated 50,000 plus innocent Iraqi civilians killed by the invasion
of Iraq because someone made the simple mistake that Iraq had weapons
of mass destruction ?

Remember President Bush was lied to about weapons of mass destruction,
and that devil wins this one.

Which leader is perfect ?

Then again did not this all begin with 9-11 and the 2,973 innocent
lives lost in a terrorist action attributed to Bin Ladin, not Saddam
Hussein; or have we forgotten that ?

Sad day for Christians throughout the world, that a leader, or any
person is executed...!!

Caesar J. B. Squitti

when a funeral is given it's a common thing to hear that the
departed now ' rests in peace.'

if that person was estranged from Jesus Christ then death is not
peace. there is more to come. lying in the grave is only a waiting
period. we will all be called out to face Judgement before Him.

if we've chased after all the lies that fill the world then we'd be
correct to say we do not know Him... nor does He know us.

this brings on us the wrath of God who demands an answer for how
we've lived our lives. He will be no means clear the guilty. He is
God and He requires justice... and He will get it.

there is no more a person who can stand before God in Judgement
being guilty than a person in civil court standing guilty of the most
heinous crimes before an earthly judge.

there is no plea bargaining mentioned in the Bible.

we are held guilty and stand alone before God; naked, as our first
parents. He knows what we'll say even before we open our mouth. His
Word of Law in the Bible accuses's us. we know we haven't cared to
listen before this awful Day of Judgement and now it is too late.