We have churches up in the mountains that have snakes. If you show up and don't bring your own they'll loan you one.

Mark Driscoll
Phillip Anthony Mitchell
Josh Howerton

These among maybe a handful of others really preach, what seems to me to be, real biblical truth. I recommend people take a listen and decide for themselves.

You can for the most part drink snake venom safely, whether you believe in Jesus or not. Asian people frequently drink snake venom in some countries. It's not poisonous to drink. It needs injected into the blood stream to hurt you.

Keith

I reckon it is much easier to preach John 3:16 than it is to preach John 3:18.

On one hand I hear almost weekly that good works won't save you and on the other hand bad works amount to nothing if you repent. So just from the nature of man wonder which hand gets full first !

It sure is. Where do you think separation of church and state came from. Years ago, everything had to go through the church. The people had enough.

In a church state if you were a widow with kids as long as you did what the church said you would get your welfare. If not then maybe you would catch a boat to the America and help pay tea tax, lol.

My church certainly does.

The concept of separation of church and state (which, by the way, is not a phrase found in our Constitution, and some of the individual states did indeed have state-sponsored religions in the early days of the USA) came about because the kingdom the colonists were rebelling against had their own state religion established by Henry VIII. They still do. Catholics were also barred from public office in that kingdom.

^ He ain't lying.

I am tired not only of the corruption of churches but the so-called Christians that do not attend a church and say and do things but then claim, they never would say or do that because they are "Christians". If the way they act, and do, is being a Chrisitian I do not want to be that version and heaven is going to be real empty.

How come no one is explaining why they dont drink poison and play with venomous snakes? Who is laying on hands and curing cancer? When I was a kid I was told the laying on of hands did not work because my young cousin did not have faith. It was his fault he died in agony at 14 years old.

If the poison, snakes and faith healing is not truth, how do you know what is?

My great aunt in the 50's died from appendicitis because her holy roller faith healer husband wouldn't take her to a doctor. After that every time he got a pain he would go to the doctor. He wasn't a favorite in-law of our family.

Too many churches consider themselves a hotel for saints, not a hospital for sinners and act accordingly.

When mom was a kid she had a ton of warts and some other problems. Someone brought out a faith healer and it all went away. Now I dont expect you to believe a guy on the internet but I sure as heck do believe my mom's first hand personal account.

As far as your cousin and what sounds like a fraud. Well sometimes we pray God always answers Maybe not on our time frame or how we are thinking and sometimes the answer is no. It sure was no when my son was killed dont ask me why. But I will see him again.

Well said. Not one of us is worthy and nothing we can do on our own will make us worthy. We have to accept the gift of salvation freely offered to us through Jesus sacrifice.

Just becust people are Christian does not mean they are now perfect and no longer sin. We do and do so often . the difference is repentance and trying to do better . If any of us were perfect or could be Jesus would not have had to come be tempted, humiliated, beaten, and killed.

Interesting about warts. My daughter had many warts on her hands. She tried some over the counter recipes which didn't help. I had read where some claimed ginseng had cured their warts. So, I got some ginseng capsules from a grower in WI. Within about two months her warts started disappearing. Within about 6 months she was wart free.

Keith,
These churches existed in the 1st century.
Revelation 1:4
I'm not sure where you get the idea all churches begin with The Catholic Church.

I just try to stay one step ahead of the devil.