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Date Posted: 18:26:46 11/29/02 Fri
Author: Sola Scriptura
Subject: Rt. Rev. Whoopie Cushion is a Very Confused and Wicked Shepherd

You�all will get a kick out of this link from Jack�s page. �Stations of the Cross in the Texas Hill Country� Below are some direct quotes from the site Jack advances. (The same Rt. Rev. Whoopee Cushion that plagiarized an article recently about �Ninety-Sum-Odd Thangies I Don�t like about RCC.� He C&P�d the article all over the net.) Evidently the RCC �traditions of man� which Jack frequently is a hippy-critter about, does not in Jack�s mind include the RCC tradition of �the stations of the cross� which are prayed on the rosary and are found decorating the walls in most RC churches.

The following Laodicean, ecumenical moment is brought to you by:

http://www.boards.revealedtruthmin.org/

�Stations of the Cross - Stations of the Cross, an all-denominations outdoor walking devotional activity representing the final events in the life of Jesus�.

Bring the kids? You betcha!! We Invite You To "Walk In His Steps"
The "Stations of the Cross" is an outdoor devotional activity jointly sponsored by St. Mark's Episcopal Church, First Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church, and First Christian Church of San Marcos, Texas. These churches are pleased to host this old and popular devotion representing the final events in the life of Jesus. Many Christians have wished to walk where Christ walked the week of his passion. With the hard work and dedication of these four congregations comes the incredible recreation of the path to a hill from which Jesus seems to have known he would never return and yet, return always.

The walk takes anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour and a half. Caution: While the paths are wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair, buddy seat, or golf cart, if you can bring one, the ground is often soft and sometimes bumpy, and there are a couple of grades. It may be a good idea to have someone come with you. If you need help we will do our best. We also have a limited ability to furnish interpreters for hearing-impaired visitors; please call ahead, 392-3377.� (emphasis in the original)

�Bathroom facilities are available between Stations 8 and 9, and limited water between Stations 7 and 8. (Did they have these at Calvary?)
History of "Stations of the Cross" (read Rome!)

Since the time of Constantine in 313 AD, many Christians have thronged to Jerusalem to follow in Christ's path, but for the majority of those crowds and pilgrims, that journey has been an unrealized dream. The "Stations of the Cross" represent fourteen events in Jesus' life, from the time he was condemned by Pilate to when Joseph and Nicodemus placed him in a tomb.

In the Middle Ages, churches began to build chapels to commemorate an event in the passion of Jesus. In the fifteenth century, the Franciscans developed the devotions that have come to be called the "Stations of the Cross." The word "station" (statio) implies either "standing still" or "a gathering place." The devotions took place out of doors, usually along a roadside where a cross or some other objects reminiscent of an event in Jesus' passion had been erected.

By the seventeenth century, stations began to be placed in churches, normally arranged at intervals around the walls and marked by a simple cross. At first, the number of stations varied considerably, but was finally fixed at fourteen by the Catholic Pope, Clement XII. Nine of the stations commemorate events from early Christian tradition.

In general
The devotions can be either public or private. Prayers are said at each station and a short meditation on the scene from the passion is read. When it is public and taking the form of a service, a verse from the hymn Stabat Mater ("At the Cross Her Station Keeping") or some other suitable song is sung between each of the stations.

There is no right or wrong way to participate in the service that will take place at "The Station of the Cross; A Hill Country Meditation." A contemplative attitude opens the heart to the personal meaning of the devotions. Do not, however, be afraid to touch or handle any of the props that are provided along this walk. Anything is appropriate that truly helps you to take in this mystery of "Love so amazing, so divine."�

I wanted to fe-e-e-e-e-el the ecumenical moment.

If I get locked into the lotus position, will someone please be kind enough to get me untangled, or un-lock me before the dinner gong gongs?

O-o-o-o-o-o-o-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m.

Love is not an emotion. It is not broadmindedness. It is not non-judgmentalism. It is not non-critical acceptance. Biblical love is careful. It is based on knowledge and judgment from God's Word. It proves all things, and it approves only those things that are the will of God.

Was the Lord Jesus Christ unloving when He called Peter a devil (Matt. 16:23) or when he publicly condemned the Pharisees (Matthew 23)? Was the Apostle Paul unloving when he rebuked Peter publicly for his compromise (Galatians 1)? Was the Apostle Paul unloving when he named the name of false teachers and compromisers such as Hymenaeus and Alexander ten different times in the Pastoral Epistles? Was the Apostle Paul unloving when he forbade women to preach or to usurp authority over men (1 Timothy 2)?

Ecumenists point their fingers at the Bible-believing fundamentalist and charge him with a lack of love toward men because he exercises judgment and discipline and separation. What, though, about love for God? The Ecumenist tells me that I need to love all the denominations regardless of what doctrine they teach. I reply that I need to love God and His Truth first, and that means that I will obey the Bible, and that means I will measure, mark, and avoid those who are committed to error. A genuine love for God requires that I care more about His Word and His will than about men and their feelings and opinions and programs.

THE DIRECTION OF LOVE NOT ONLY MUST BE TOWARD GOD BUT IT MUST BE TOWARD THOSE WHO ARE IN DANGER. The ecumenical crowd tells me that I need to love the Modernist and the Romanist, etc., but they are practically silent on the subject of love for those who are deceived by the Modernists and the Romanists. We are charged with being unloving, for example, when we expose the fact that John Paul II or Mother Teresa teaches a false sacramental gospel. This is nonsense. The fact is that we love people enough to warn of false gospels so they will not be led astray to eternal hell. A shepherd who loves wolves more than the sheep is a confused and wicked shepherd.

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Re: Rt. Rev. Whoopie Cushion is a Very Confused and Wicked Shepherd -- tamarisk, 06:01:07 11/30/02 Sat