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George3 #fundie alaskavalleychurch.com

ok so tonight alot of us got together at the Paynes house for our weekly bible study devo thing and i brought up something my dad and i had a debate in the store over... it was about having a female interpert for the deaf people during a sermon. So we had this talk and it seemed as though almost everyone disagreed with me so ill keep my opionion to myself for know but can you tell me wut you think. Is it ok to have a female interpert for the deaf people during services???

Anya #fundie alaskavalleychurch.com

Since you're 12, now is a perfect time to start developing a pattern of good conversations with your mom and dad about boys. I'll bet they have some really good advice for you. I'm sure they want you to marry some special guy someday, and they want you to have good friends in your teen years--they are looking out for you! Developing a romantic relationship with someone when you're so young is only asking to get hurt. Do you expect to marry him? How long do you think it will last until you "break up"? Sure, have boys that are friends, but not boyfriends.

Just so you know, I had my first boyfriend when I was 17. It was still kind of early, but I married that same guy seven years later, and we didn't kiss until five years after we started dating--we wanted to be REALLY sure--so the only man I've ever kissed is my husband!

Steph #fundie alaskavalleychurch.com

near death is when you are rolling at 50 mph downhill because SOME GUY NAMED CHRIS BUMPED YOU WHILE YOU WERE SLEDDING and you can't even move your arms because you are heading so fast and you know you are heading for a tree so the only thing you can do is place your arms in front of your head and pray...and then god stops you suddenly yet softly and you open your eyes and your face in two inches away from a tree trunk.

near death is when normally there are rows and rows of cars parked by a stop sign because of heavy traffic but for some odd reason there aren't any there that day but you turn to fast on the ice and you crash right into a snowbank where normally there would be rows and rows of cars and you crash into it at 30 mph

near death is when there is a super-steep hill where NORMALLY you keep rolling and rolling if you were to crash and go off-road..and you and your friend are in the same car and your friends mom is driving and she turns to fast on the ice so we head straight for the steep hill but thanks to god, he didn't let us roll...we just mysteriously and suddenly stopped.

talk about blessed! lol.
Especially when this all happens within a month

Kiana #fundie alaskavalleychurch.com

I saw the first two Shrek movies (which I don't remember much about now) before I ever started thinking about movie plots as a Christian. But the other day someone loaned me Shrek the third. Marty and I sat down to watch it ready to relax and not even 15 minutes into the movie I was blown away. The movie is suppose to be a "family" movie but obviously cartoons with the "family" label are made with small children, or children of all ages as a target. I can't imagine setting a preschooler or an elementary schooler down and funneling this movie into their sweet minds (much less anyone else).

It was disappointing to see the characters making fun of prince charming right off the bat, as he was trying to act his part in the play. It was disappointing to see them laugh when the set fell apart, and disappointing to see him swear revenge.

I was really shocked to see hip and trendy alcoholic drinks mentioned twice and served once in the movie and really upset when they threw in a couple boys taking part in something even worse (I don't want to go into this particular irritant any further).

The movie is filled with name calling, rude manners, and plenty of other minor and petty moral filth. This was actually the under lying foundation of entertainment in the movie.

So in the spirit of Ephesians 5:11 "Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them"

What other movies out there should I be avoiding other than the golden compass?? What movies don't have a bad plot or bad examples as their foundation?

Anya #fundie alaskavalleychurch.com

On that note, I just want to say, that my heart HURTS for Christians who watch extremely graphic gore and violence, like in the "Saw" movies. Those horrible images will stick in your mind forever. That kind of evil and sadism should not be FUN to watch or ENTERTAINMENT; they should be seen as tools of Satan to get his agenda out to lots and lots of people. Please pray about it and look to God, the Bible, and other Christians for the answer. But I really, really think that you should not have anything to do with them.

I don't even want to take my children into a movie store until they are old enough to drive because JUST THE COVERS of movies are disgusting and dispicable.