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4/22/2019 10:15am
I took my boys (9 and 8 years old) to a father/son men's bible study class this morning. Was a great class as usual. We were driving home and my son said he had accepted Jesus Christ as his personal lord and savior and wanted to be baptized tonight at Good Friday service. So I turned car around and headed back to church. He met with one of the pastors and they talked and prayed at the end. So he will get baptized tonight.
When he came out to the lobby area where I was at he was crying and I said why are you crying and he said it was tears of joy to know he was accepting Jesus into his life and wants to be a follower of Christ. And then we all broke down crying. Just one of those father son moments you never forget.
https://youtu.be/6G0boTYx-yA
When he came out to the lobby area where I was at he was crying and I said why are you crying and he said it was tears of joy to know he was accepting Jesus into his life and wants to be a follower of Christ. And then we all broke down crying. Just one of those father son moments you never forget.
https://youtu.be/6G0boTYx-yA
TX if you are interested in Bible study i would suggest checking out the book "Entail of the Covenant" or (The Savior's Little One's) by Robert Anderson. which deals with bringing our children to Christ in a deeper theological way. It is online in a free pdf if you search. Here is the link to it.
http://www.corduan.com/entail.pdf
The Shop
I'm guessing you led by example but didn't force religion on your kids, since he's not baptized yet?
Congratulations and best wishes.
Excellent post TXDirt and congrats to you both. My wife and I went to see Ben Hur on the big screen for its 60th anniversary a few days ago. The best Easter movie ever made.
Not worth it.
If someone is gonna bring up (any) topic on a public forum board, expect there to be criticism. And if you cant handle the criticism (of which most religious people cant) then save the preaching for another forum.
Religion and "accepting that people are different" dont really go hand in hand anyways haha.
I do agree that "religion" has become intolerant and self serving. I have no time for it. Luckily I know that "faith" and "religion" are two completely different things.
I'm also not someone that passes judgement on people for their beliefs (nor did I in this thread) but there is a ripe as all hell joke in the initial post.
Being that I'm not an emoji type of guy, and instead of saying the joke, my smirk was "must.... not... make... jokes..."
Buncha softies around this place, haha.
Pit Row
Dont agree with your first paragraph. The point isnt if it's possible to state a opinion or preach on a forum and their not be ridicule, it's the fact that if your opinion cannot withstand ridicule, maybe it should be kept to yourself. There's nothing that says ridicule is wrong or that it equates to hatred.
Let's remove traditional religion from the discussion and use an analogy.... Lebron James. To youth (and black culture these days) any criticism of "the chosen one" is instantly labeled as HATRED. I can show objective video of LeBron taking FIVE steps on his way to a dunk and how do the kids I coach respond? "oh coach you're such a hater". Some of the kids get quite pissed off in the face of objective facts. It's fanatical. Or rather, they're religious in their myopic love of all things LeBron. Black adults Im friends with defend LeBron because he's become a symbol of black excellence. Damn if the criticism is accurate. They did the same shit with Obama. It can cause some pretty heated debates between us. Correction... they get heated. It's nearly impossible to get me emotional in a debate.
So is the problem criticism? I'd say no. It's the religious fanaticism that causes any dissention to be considered blasphemous. Just about every opinion on a forum board gets met with criticism and we shake it off. It's only with religion, politics, and a few other volatile subjects that the people being criticized lose their shit emotionally and the moderators have to be called in. That's not a fault of the ridiculer or the subject matter, it's the fault of the ridiculee who cant handle the choppy waters.
Out of curiosity, what position did I take? I’ve read my one sentence response a few times now and I have zero idea what stance it takes (aside from complimenting him on his and his sons relationship) and how said stance is offensive.
What happened to this place? I thought it was all about taking the piss out of each other.
This was not forced upon him at all. He’s free to make his own choices on this. I could see for the last month especially that the Holy Spirit was working in him. He was asking more questions and I do believe today’s men’s class solidified his decision on the kind of man he wants to grow up to be and who he wants to follow. I could not be more proud as a parent.
Thank you all for your kind words. I feel truly blessed tonight and grateful I can share it with you.
So to help me understand and grow; what stance did I take?
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