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US Births Break Record;
40 Pct out-of-Wedlock
US births break baby boom record, topping 4.3 million; 40 pct of babies born out-of-wedlock
By MIKE STOBBE, The Associated Press, ATLANTA
Remember the baby boom? No, not the one after World War II. More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any other year in the nation’s history [...]
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When all is said, and all is done, and all that could be seen through history is passed, it all turns out to be a spiritual matter. It is summed up in one word, a very comprehensive word including many things, an all-embracing word. It is the word “worship.”
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The following material is condensed from Watchman Nee’s work on authority.
God alone is the ultimate authority.
1. Matt. 6:13
2. Rom 13:1
3. Dan. 2:20,21
Rebellion against God’s authority is a serious sin.
1. Num. 15:30
2. 1 Sam. 15:22,23
Delegated authority is biblical, but contingent
1. Human Government
Dan. 2:37,38 (see also Jer. 27:6)
Matt. 22:21
Rom. 13:1-7
Titus 3:1
1 Pet. 2:13-17
2. Secular Jobs
Eph. 6:5-8
Col. 3:22-25
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Misc Notes
Of all of his letters, Paul says more about why he thanks God for them than any other church. He even goes so far as to call them a model church (read 1:7-8b).
It means that they were a model of spiritual vitality—they fit Paul’s profile of a healthy church. They have the right ethos, [...]
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Quoted from Ohio Magazine: “Bible-believing Chrstians, who take the gospel stories at face value, are unaware that their ministers, in many cases, do not believe in such things as Jesus Christ’s physical resurrection. The average church-goer also takes it for granted that his minister believes Christ turned water into wine and fed 5000 people with a single loaf and two small fishes.”
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From Darlene’s hard work: extracted from Watchman Nee’s book, “Love Not the World.”
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In a third-floor room of the Kent Student Center, a group dressed in the jeans, T-shirts and sweatshirts typical of all college students discusses possibilities for fundraising. A bake sale is one option and so are spell kits. Psychic fairs have worked well in the past.
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Read about the front-page Akron Beacon-Journal news article here >>
Additional Information:See Discuss the cult accusation recently reported in the Akron Beacon-Journal.Ties that bind? The online version of the newspaper article.
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