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Love Ed's teaching. Heard him many times over the years. Mariners is unlike Saddleback (Saddleback is SBC; Mariners has no connection but most of the staff are SBC-oriented. Don't like their use of "pastor" so loosely. The Bible only uses the term once in entire NT - the OT is clear that it...

Most of us here will not use the AV or the NKJV. Problems with language evolution and with biased/slanted word choices of the Anglican and Geneva crowds are evident. Remember God did NOT reach down in the past few hundred years and re-inspire new language. Translation into ANY receptor language...

Like many words in every language, distinct definitions/nuances come from context. Ecclesia in Greek meant an assembled group. Period. In the NT, it is used of a mob gathered in Ephesus. Jews gathered in Sinai, but mostly gathering of believers in various cities OR all these assembled groups...

When teaching the Apostle Paul's journey to Rome in a college course on Acts, I "thought" I understood the clear English of the AV1611. "And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. And landing at Syracuse, we...

Who me? Corrected Thank you

Advice: Don't fall in love with your first draft Write out an idea/theme Answer these questions in a few words/phrases (NOT full sentences) What? Why? Where? When? Who How? You have now an "outline" of what to write. You can write sentences, paragraphs and begin "crafting".

I post Grandpa Jokes one day a month on my blog www.grif.net

I wondered why the pupils are the last part of the body to stop working when you die. Then I remembered they dilate. Teresa asked me the other day where I secretly store so much candy. I said, "I always have a few Twix up my sleeve." It seems that baseball umpires all appeared to be fat. Then...

[Older and bigger groan than simple Dad Jokes] Jokes about poo are not my favorite. But they are a solid #2. Got home and found my kids had been on eBay all day. If they’re still there tomorrow, I’ll have to lower the price. I got all emotional when I saw my wife look at our marriage...

[Many Dad Jokes have really lame word play or puns, but Grandpa Jokes raise the bar at least an inch higher.] What happens when a strawberry gets run over crossing the street? Traffic jam. What do you call two monkeys that share an Amazon account? Prime mates. Where do math teachers go on...

I was trained under "Big B" Baptists and many were labeled "Landmarkers" because of that. But none were officially connected with that group. But proudly Baptist in heritage. We were in the north, so none of the "trace baptism back to John the Baptist" silliness. We could reflect on Baptist...

Maybe consolidate by region, so 3-4 bases could have one museum/heritage center.

Heard about the fellow who went golfing with his friend named George. On the third hole, George had a heart attack and died. When the fellow got home, his wife asked him how the golf game went. He mentioned the heart attack of George. She replied, "Oh, my how tragic for you. What did you...

I make no claim on the genius title, but I saw a dozen.

Interesting read and backstory, brother. Thanks for the insights and history of the Landmark Baptist brethren. Trained in schools in the North, much of the events in Tennessee and in the SBC are "foreign" to me

We recommended inexpensive hands-on (print) books for new believers to enhance their understanding of the Bible, lands, words, doctrine. About $30 and that is amazing price. $8.50 Nelson Bible Dictionary...

Tips are NOT income. They are gifts we give (for whatever reason) and like any present, should not have "tax" on them. Or called "wage" on W-2 Love countries where tipping is not a part of their lifestyle. Restaurants and others "service" employees are paid a decent, agreed-upon wage. I used to...

Big gov says "debt we owe to ourselves doesn't matter". Right? Wrong.

Our whole summer travel plan screeched to a halt with health issues. Can no longer fly, so travel to SoCal for wedding of grandson last weekend was out of the question. We will do some shorter day trips (150-mile loop max) since it's been 40 years since living in Wisconsin where we've retired...

A-1 but only in the Anchorage and Valley (100 miles). More time south (Seward, Sodoltna) joke to call it "interstate" as most is just 2-lane typical state highway. Did run to Fairbanks and time in the pipeline at Big Delta/Delta Junction. Car troubles stopped me from seeing dear friends in Tok...