tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.comments2023-05-25T08:25:17.104-05:00Bro. Brad's BlogBradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03533539785876458480noreply@blogger.comBlogger375125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-85612984901146242212016-02-15T11:51:46.685-06:002016-02-15T11:51:46.685-06:00Glad your blog is back. You and your family are al...Glad your blog is back. You and your family are always in my daily prayers. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316341529410466673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-81421326908131187612016-02-15T11:51:38.706-06:002016-02-15T11:51:38.706-06:00Glad your blog is back. You and your family are al...Glad your blog is back. You and your family are always in my daily prayers. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316341529410466673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-63541245923111521462016-02-15T11:43:27.491-06:002016-02-15T11:43:27.491-06:00Still subscribed!Still subscribed!Phyllis Blickensderferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206757687699759551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-83993351130505990502015-06-04T06:26:17.898-05:002015-06-04T06:26:17.898-05:00Congratulations 💜💙Congratulations 💜💙Michele Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04306347065102053448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-57411909548572539002014-04-29T22:23:57.109-05:002014-04-29T22:23:57.109-05:00I am so happy for you guys and Dee and I continued...I am so happy for you guys and Dee and I continued praying that God would guide and protect you all in this phase of your lives. Please let Darci know that I am so happy for her, and I pray that you guys get a boy out the Deal :)<br />Michele Garrett-Finleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09382834111804663743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-64980867625353215362014-01-11T02:39:27.529-06:002014-01-11T02:39:27.529-06:00Thank you to the Lord for gift to pray and believe...Thank you to the Lord for gift to pray and believe when we may asking from big things of the lord even today in blessing and helping our friends to win and be victorious in Christ, so let us move and in praying and worship the lore in joy,thanks and bless ,keijo swedenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-38904986907307618202013-09-30T17:14:07.791-05:002013-09-30T17:14:07.791-05:00Thank you for the kind words and good thoughts you...Thank you for the kind words and good thoughts you have added to the discussion!Brad Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890980972231485330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-51512946903639695232013-09-30T16:52:02.151-05:002013-09-30T16:52:02.151-05:00I've followed through the series and find that...I've followed through the series and find that much remains the same as when Jesus walked through Israel. I know that at the very first you told us not to take this personally. I imagine you did not have one specific individual in mind during the study - but I think we do need to look at ourselves, taking the lesson very personally. I'm reminded of what I read recently about lighthouses -- that they don't go running around looking for people to rescue, but remain consistently available, always prepared and ever vigilent for opportunities. Following God's calling - being obedient to His message - will place us where He wants us to be, doing what He wants us to do, without directing what anyone else should be doing. That's God's responsibility. Thanks for a good study.Phyllis Blickensderferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206757687699759551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-79006509549982029602013-09-24T15:35:10.035-05:002013-09-24T15:35:10.035-05:00Thanks for the feedback, praying for you!Thanks for the feedback, praying for you!Brad Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890980972231485330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-27389098583066468662013-09-23T20:02:29.997-05:002013-09-23T20:02:29.997-05:00I have seen your blogs and even viewed some. Toda...I have seen your blogs and even viewed some. Today is the first day I read and thought about one. A direct hit in my recent trials. Thank for such simple and thoughtful insight. Guess I have some reading to catch up on.Kiernan Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-34163241211983128362013-09-05T19:43:24.833-05:002013-09-05T19:43:24.833-05:00Thanks for the kind words!Thanks for the kind words!Brad Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890980972231485330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-83130036418688122612013-09-05T16:20:12.721-05:002013-09-05T16:20:12.721-05:00An interesting series - looking forward to the nex...An interesting series - looking forward to the next installment!Phyllis Blickensderferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206757687699759551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-32959516363464554252013-05-12T17:47:05.821-05:002013-05-12T17:47:05.821-05:00Love you & very proud of the son that Dad &...Love you & very proud of the son that Dad & I raised. We love you very much. Thanks for the call...miss you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316341529410466673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-33901702564018184512013-04-25T10:18:33.898-05:002013-04-25T10:18:33.898-05:00They are LEGALISTS not fundamentalists. They give...They are LEGALISTS not fundamentalists. They give fundamentalism a bad name.deceived no morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09436761285235166318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-53553824178559373232013-04-20T04:09:13.155-05:002013-04-20T04:09:13.155-05:00After reading Brad's post again let me also sa...After reading Brad's post again let me also say that God has sent the mission field to America and the majority of Muslims from Iraq are descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and like Mormons have been seduced by the Angel Moroni into following one of two false prophets some 1300 years apart. We have a responsibility to proclaim the true Gospel to these people. It is not our responsibility to convert them. All we have to do is proclaim the truth that they are sinners and need Christ to save them. God the Holy Spirit can even reveal Himself to them and if we share the Gospel with the love of our Lord, not the hate of Westboro, then they will seek you out when God comes a knocking. <br /><br /><br />I really feel bad for the oldest Boston bomber who said he had no American friends, I can only guess nobody shared the love of Jesus with him and look what he became to the shock of his family members who except for one uncle could not believe these boys were capable of doing such a horrible thing. I have started my conversations with several Muslims saying I have no desire or am I able to convert you to Christianity, but I do want them to know what my Jesus can do for sinners and how He transformed my life. If God has any plan to convert a radical Muslim as He did the radical Christian killing Saul of Tarsus, then He could have turned that Boston bomber into another Apostle Paul to proclaim the Gospel to his people. I honestly think it would be easier for a radical Muslim to get saved than a radical from the Westboro Cultic Congregation.<br />Papa Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394584056156613118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-87072586647357190832013-04-20T03:29:41.156-05:002013-04-20T03:29:41.156-05:00The Westboro radicals are fundamentalist Anti-Chri...The Westboro radicals are fundamentalist Anti-Christ, as bad as Muslim Radicals without weapons. Their doctrines are not historic Baptist, but independent Congregationalist who broke from the historic Congregationalist Church. In the 1840's these liberal Congregationalist broke from their historic roots to hire renegade Presbyterians who like Charles Finney lied (wolves) about their acceptance of the Westminster Confession to get Ordained. In Finney's 1850 memoirs, he said Finney never accepted those teachings in his youth and his Presbyterian school teacher said Finney argued and fought with him against those teachings.<br /> <br />All the Presbyterian and Congregational churches that invited Charles Finney to preach in their churches over and over, quickly departed from their historic teachings to become Unitarian's within a few years of Finney's death. So there it is, to identify yourself with Finney is to align yourself with a false Gospel of cheap grace and easy-believe-ism; equating church membership and right doctrine with salvation. The apostate congregations and liberal Presbyterians who turned Finney into a great evangelist, loved him for his ability to fill their churches, calling it a revival. The 2nd Great Awakening did produce church growth results, causing many new churches to start giving renegade Presbyterian preachers the opportunity to split organized churches which proclaimed a Gospel that transformed lives. <br /> <br />The truth is from the 1760's through to the 1830's all historic Christian Churches of whatever denomination involved with the 1st Great Awakening experienced steady church growth with no evidence of their churches loosing members or becoming backslidden, to justify the lie produced with the name 2nd Great Awakening. The reality was a new message with a false Gospel was splitting good churches with 2nd and 3rd generation Christians who opposed the 'Ole Time Religion' of their grandparents, which produced true and lasting transformations. The fact is the majority of these new churches with no statement of faith or Confession produced the Mormons, the Campbell-ites, Miller-ites, who produced the Churches of Christ, 7th-Day Adventist, Independent Congregational Baptist and Unitarians, which produced the Christadelphians and the Jehovah's Witnesses. <br /><br />Honestly who knows what kind of radical Funda Bapta war with Islam church will come out of the Westboro cultic congregation and it would not surprise me if many of them are already in Idaho right now.<br />Papa Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394584056156613118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-1824225651124612402013-04-02T15:18:31.010-05:002013-04-02T15:18:31.010-05:00Thank you for your example of 52 years!Thank you for your example of 52 years!Brad Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890980972231485330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-2436359733096084472013-04-01T16:02:06.242-05:002013-04-01T16:02:06.242-05:00As a participant of a 52-year-to-date marriage, I ...As a participant of a 52-year-to-date marriage, I agree whole-heartedly. The number of divorced Christians speaks very loudly. In all honesty, some of them were divorced before they became Christians, but the divorce rate does include Christians who have overlooked a number of biblical passages exhorting us to be very selective in choosing our lifetime spouse. The Bible also exhorts us to love, which is how people are to know we are Christ's followers. We need to know the truth before we speak it: <br /><br />That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: (Ephesians 4:14-15 KJV)Phyllis Blickensderferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206757687699759551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-16228859851665319272012-11-26T11:58:26.102-06:002012-11-26T11:58:26.102-06:00Thanks for the post, and you are correct! It is so...Thanks for the post, and you are correct! It is so easy to dismiss the need of the assembly for other things (which I deal with in part two on Wednesday). Glad you found your place, and hope your friend finds theirs. Brad Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890980972231485330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-53025173511675648882012-11-26T11:53:49.598-06:002012-11-26T11:53:49.598-06:00This is a great post. You are so right in that peo...This is a great post. You are so right in that people need to quickly and carefully find a church that holds their same beliefs. In the past I have experienced stagnant spiritual growth because I was not a permanent part of a body of believers. I had no one to encourage me in my walk or hold me accountable. That is a dangerous place to be. I now am a member of a church that I love and that motivates me in my walk with Christ. My friend's church closed, the pastor and his family moved away.(Long story- not a church that was helping people to grow in their relationship with Christ.) The church closed over a year ago. She has not really been motivated to find another church. As a result, I can see her relationship with God deteriorating. I have tried speaking with her about it in a loving, but truthful way, but my words are falling on deaf ears. In fact, I have had to limit my encounters with her lately because she is going so far in the other direction in terms of her beliefs. It has been hard to watch. I am praying that she will seek out a church where she can grow and get back on the right track. Bowmanh23https://www.blogger.com/profile/15025346891133439837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-18241219244618543922012-11-20T08:24:57.435-06:002012-11-20T08:24:57.435-06:00Amen!Amen!Brad Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890980972231485330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-79067629141751363582012-11-19T17:43:19.208-06:002012-11-19T17:43:19.208-06:00Oh, yes! Christ is the only cure.Oh, yes! Christ is the only cure.Phyllis Blickensderferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206757687699759551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-66201540444565170902012-11-05T19:28:32.045-06:002012-11-05T19:28:32.045-06:00Excellent. I,too, will be praying for our current ...Excellent. I,too, will be praying for our current president tomorrow and add the elected president on Wednesday, knowing it may be the same person and that his position is held within God's will.Phyllis Blickensderferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206757687699759551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-59779483103564028752012-11-05T09:36:29.147-06:002012-11-05T09:36:29.147-06:00I like your sermon. It was really great yesterday...I like your sermon. It was really great yesterday too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899180705701036800.post-82489456795167298052012-11-05T08:25:48.969-06:002012-11-05T08:25:48.969-06:00I have this little reminder that pops up on the si...I have this little reminder that pops up on the side of my blog. Welcome back.Phyllis Blickensderferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03206757687699759551noreply@blogger.com