Webminister/Pastor to the world. To reach people for the Gospel and to provide encouragement.
You can contact Evangelist Eddie Smatt for revival,supply, interim work and conferences.Cell (904) 614-6176 ,eddiesmatt@bellsouth.net. I am on facebook and twitter. John 3:16 I am also on skype
“To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.” - Colossians 1:27-28
"Boy, the way Glen Miller played. Songs that made the Hit Parade. Guys like us, we had it made. Those were the days! Didn't need no welfare state. Everybody pulled his weight Gee, our old LaSalle (a car) ran great. Those were the days! And you knew where you were then! Girls were girls and men were men. Mister, we could use a man lik...e Herbert Hoover again. People seemed to be content. Fifty dollars paid the rent. Freaks were in a circus tent. Those were the days! Take a little Sunday spin, go to watch the Dodgers win. Have yourself a dandy day that cost you under a fin (five dollar bill). Hair was short and skirts were long. Kate Smith really sold a song. I don't know just what went wrong! Those Were the Days!"
Church cover-ups It is time for religious leaders to recognize that they have failed children by trying to conceal abuse cases. The cases of child abuse that have come to light in recent weeks raise a number of highly worrying questions for our society. It has become clear that the Church was not only aware of these actions, but that it covered them up and allowed it to continue. The protection of the abusers as opposed to the victims raises serious questions about our society as a whole. Children are the future of our society and also one of the most vulnerable groups within it. Children have neither a vote nor a voice in political situations. Children are forced to live within familial structures unless (or until) the state deems such an environment unsuitable. Children are the weakest members of our society - physically, emotionally and vocally. As such they are in need of protection by all the adults around them. Under pressure to fight child sex abuse, the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee said Tuesday that the denomination should not create its own database to help churches identity predators or establish an office to field abuse claims. The report decried sexual abuse as reprehensible and a sin. But the Southern Baptist principle of local church autonomy means it's up to individual churches and not the convention to screen employees and take action against offenders, the committee said. If the people of a congregation won't act, what could a larger organization be expected to do? Reactions are emotional and destructive, a lot of winking and nodding and shunning with juicy gossip as information. A whispered accusation is not a fact. Both accused and accuser are open targets for those who are excited by implications: pity one, slander both, help and heal neither. An organization which hands out power and glory based on genitals is in a weak position to understand abusive sexual activity.
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“To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.” - Colossians 1:27-28
"Boy, the way Glen Miller played. Songs that made the Hit Parade. Guys like us, we had it made. Those were the days! Didn't need no welfare state. Everybody pulled his weight Gee, our old LaSalle (a car) ran great. Those were the days! And you knew where you were then! Girls were girls and men were men. Mister, we could use a man lik...e Herbert Hoover again. People seemed to be content. Fifty dollars paid the rent. Freaks were in a circus tent. Those were the days! Take a little Sunday spin, go to watch the Dodgers win. Have yourself a dandy day that cost you under a fin (five dollar bill). Hair was short and skirts were long. Kate Smith really sold a song. I don't know just what went wrong! Those Were the Days!"
Church cover-ups
It is time for religious leaders to recognize that they have failed children by trying to conceal abuse cases. The cases of child abuse that have come to light in recent weeks raise a number of highly worrying questions for our society. It has become clear that the Church was not only aware of these actions, but that it covered them up and allowed it to continue. The protection of the abusers as opposed to the victims raises serious questions about our society as a whole. Children are the future of our society and also one of the most vulnerable groups within it. Children have neither a vote nor a voice in political situations. Children are forced to live within familial structures unless (or until) the state deems such an environment unsuitable. Children are the weakest members of our society - physically, emotionally and vocally. As such they are in need of protection by all the adults around them.
Under pressure to fight child sex abuse, the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee said Tuesday that the denomination should not create its own database to help churches identity predators or establish an office to field abuse claims. The report decried sexual abuse as reprehensible and a sin. But the Southern Baptist principle of local church autonomy means it's up to individual churches and not the convention to screen employees and take action against offenders, the committee said.
If the people of a congregation won't act, what could a larger organization be expected to do?
Reactions are emotional and destructive, a lot of winking and nodding and shunning with juicy gossip as information.
A whispered accusation is not a fact. Both accused and accuser are open targets for those who are excited by implications: pity one, slander both, help and heal neither.
An organization which hands out power and glory based on genitals is in a weak position to understand abusive sexual activity.
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