Six cheerleaders from Chase High School also attended the concert, and they had their picture taken with Frankie before the concert.  Then afterwards they asked him to sing an oldies song, so he offered to do a short afterglow for them, and that was the hit for the evening.  Frankie joked with them, saying they probably wanted to take him for Show-And-Tell, and they quickly responded with, "Could we?"  The evening was truly a witness to them because they heard the gospel story, they saw that Christians indeed can have a good time in the Lord in a church, and seeds were planted.  God will do the watering.

BLESSINGS-WISE - All glory to our Heavenly Father!  What they're saying.

***What a great concert you guys had last night!!!  Everything was just wonderful and people were really telling others what a fun time they had last night.

***Thank you! This [e-newsletter] was a good one.

***A comment regarding the piano song, "Somewhere Out There/Over the Rainbow", (an entry from our I-pod download):  Absolutely beautiful!!!! Thanks so much for the music---AND the friendship!! Love you guys!!!!!

KJV-WISE  - Short critique of The Message paraphrase

To the new readers of our newsletter, this column is a regular feature. We maintain that the Authorized King James Version of the Bible is the only pure Word of God.

NavPress, the publisher of "The Message" has advertised it as a "translation from the original languages" that "accurately communicates the original Hebrew and Greek" and brings out "the subtleties and nuances of the Hebrew and Greek languages." "Instead, what we have here is a free paraphrase of the text, often very eccentric, with many unlikely renderings, lengthy insertions and omissions, and other problems."

"Long and formal-sounding sentences in the original are often simply replaced with punchy phrases: ‘The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you’ is replaced with a jovial ‘Enjoy the best of Jesus!’ The language is spiced up with slangy and amusing idioms.  In Acts 13:6, ‘crooked as a corkscrew’ is used instead of the simple adjective ‘false’."  "Often the version sometimes takes on a cartoonish quality. For example, in James 4:7 instead of ‘Resist the devil and he will flee from you’, we have ‘Yell a loud no to the devil and watch him scamper.’"

And consider the following review of The Message which recently appeared on a religious homosexual website:

"What about the passages against homosexuals, you might ask?  Well, although we found his [Peterson's] translation of Romans 1:26-27 a bit off, I Corinthians 6:9-10 and I Timothy 1:9-10 have been liberated from their homosexual bias and are translated in ways that are much more inclusive and truer to their original intent.  We at Spirit & Flesh say, nicely done!"

"In Mr. Peterson’s article, ‘Spirit Guest,’ published by Christianity Today, 11-8-93, he refers to two mystics, Juliana of Norwich and Teresa of Avila, whom he looks to for personal spiritual encouragement. And popular New Age author Madeleine L’Engle, who is involved in mysticism, gave this endorsement: ‘The Message is so good it leaves me breathless.’" So when a New Age author and the homosexual community embrace the book, does not that speak for itself?

Let’s get back to basics. Let’s get back to the pure Word of God.

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Most of the information for this article came from the following sources:

www.crossroad.to/Bible/studies/Message.html

http://watch.pair.com/message.html

www.bible-researcher.com/themessage.html

www.cultureshocksolution.org/public_html/’The%20Message’.htm

www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/a/below_above.htm

www.esotericchristian.com/home.html

www.crossroad.to/articles2/2003

HEALTH-WISE - "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest...be in health..." III John 2

 

Fluoride Damages Your Brain!

If you still believe the myth that fluoride is good for your children’s (and your) teeth, think again. There are a vast number of scientific research studies confirming the opposite – that fluoride is a toxin that is extremely detrimental to your body, your brain, and even to your teeth. One of the most active research areas today is fluoride’s ability to damage your brain. Recent human studies from China have confirmed the results of previous animal studies; that elevated fluoride exposure leads to reduced I.Q. In children.  Cognitive ability is further reduced if your child is deficient in iodine.  Prior to this, more than 30 animal studies produced since 1992 have reported impairment in learning and memory processes among animals treated with fluoride.

Dr. Mercola's Comments:

There are so many scientific studies showing the direct, toxic effects of fluoride on your body, it’s truly remarkable that it’s NOT considered a scientific consensus by now. It truly amazes me that the medical (and dental) communities are so stubbornly resistant to connect the dots when it comes to the skyrocketing increase of cognitive decline in adults (Alzheimer’s and various dementia’s), and behavioral issues in children (ADD, ADHD, depression and learning disabilities of all kinds).  Fluoridating drinking water for dental health is a swindle of massive proportions.  Instead of risking increasing lawsuits from farmers whose crops and cattle were dying downwind, or having to spend enormous amounts of money to dispose of these chemicals safely, they were now able to SELL their waste material as a “health” product! Amazing!  So, in essence, their already detrimental results may in fact be FAR GREATER than currently perceived. Which is already bad enough, considering that basic sodium fluoride, (which is a far simpler toxin than the fluoride compounds used for most water fluoridation) is also used for:  Rat and cockroach poisons Anesthetics Hypnotics Military nerve gas (sarin) How You Can Keep Your Teeth Healthy Without Fluoride  You can protect yourself by using only non-fluoride toothpaste, and not receiving fluoride treatments from your dentist. Certain cements, fillings and bonding materials also contain fluoride, so talk to your dentist about non-fluoride options in those cases. The only known way to remove fluoride from water is by using a reverse osmosis filter. A simple carbon filter will not remove fluoride. You should also remember to filter not only the water that you drink, but also the water you use to wash vegetables, make ice cubes, and cook with. In addition to your kitchen, you might want to consider adding filters in your shower and your tub as well, since you will also absorb contaminations through your skin when you shower or bathe.  [Ed. Note: Frankie and I use these shower filters.]

MUSIC-WISE - 

At this writing we have nearly completed recording our eleventh CD and it will be available next week.  It is called Looking Back and features religious songs from the 50s and 60s, including some Elvis gospel.       

The nineteen songs include:  Where Could I Go?;  Swing Down, Sweet Chariot; One Day At A Time; Somebody Bigger Than You and I; Wonderful Time Up There; I Believe; Crying In the Chapel; Put Your Hand In the Hand; Peace In the Valley; His Hand In Mine; Lead Me, Guide Me; He; Precious Lord, Take My Hand; I Asked the Lord; Let Us Pray; Let There Be Peace On Earth; Mansion Over the Hilltop; You'll Never Walk Alone; Count Your Blessings; and May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You.

The CD was engineered and produced by Haskell Cooley, right here in Wichita, who also allowed us to use his stylings for the songs I Asked the Lord and Mansion Over the Hilltop.

The suggested donation will be $15.00 each or two for $25.00 plus $2.00 shipping and handling.  You can order through PayPal through our website, or send us a check and we'll mail it to you.  For those of you who, as Frankie says, "have white hair, grey hair, or no hair," you're gonna love this one!

And speaking of PayPal, we will be changing our web site payment option from PayPal to GearPay shortly.  We have received several e-mails that indicate that PayPal will be reporting every transaction made through them to the IRS, and we don't want to subject you to that kind of invasion.  Please check out www.GearPay.com and see if this isn't an alternative you might want to choose.

LAUGH-WISE -