Warm greetings. i do not have much to say . But one interesting thing is that when William Booth started his work amongst the poorest of the poor, one of the things he said as: Why should the devil have all the good tunes? So he took the questionable songs, put different words to it and today we sing them as christian songs. regarding unity , something much deeper and far more radical is needed. Please read Chapt 2 and 4 in Acts and you will see the plan of God for us human beings, and especially for the poorest of the poor, PROVIDED they want repentence, conversion , baptism and a life in christian community. Please look at this : Greetings Klaus Meier in the UK Warm greetings to you . I hope this article will entice you to get the book and get all the help and challenge needed for life. Warm greetings Klaus Meier Theese two website will help you see what it is: www.WARisHELL.com www.CassieBernall.org Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 22:22:23 EDT From: David Virtue <DVirtue236@...> Subject: Mysterious Echoes of Gunshots - Terry Mattingly Mysterious echoes of gunshots By Terry Mattingly It's hard to read any of the sermons that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.=20 preached about death and heaven without hearing echoes of gunshots. "The minute you conquer the fear of death, at that moment you are free," he=20 said, in 1963. "I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something=20 that he will die for, he isn't fit to live." Decades later, these words still inspire faith and courage, said social=20 activist Johann Christoph Arnold, who marched with King in the Civil Rights=20 Movement. That's why the patriarch of the nine Bruderhof communes in the=20 U.S., England and Australia included this quotation in his most recent book,=20 "Seeking Peace." This was the book that Cassie Bernall and other teen-agers at West Bowles=20 Community Church were supposed to have discussed on the evening of April=20 20th. After that tragic day at Columbine High School, Bernall's parents=20 showed Arnold her copy of "Seeking Peace," with its handwritten notes for th= e=20 study session that was never held. Cassie had boldly underlined King's thoughts on death. Did she hear echoes o= f=20 gunshots? "Why did those words speak to her at such a young age? It is such a great=20 mystery," said Arnold. "But I do know this. She had found something she was=20 willing to live for, and even to die for, and that made all the difference i= n=20 her life." Here is what Cassie wrote, in a 1998 note her parents discovered after her=20 death: "I try to stand up for my faith at school. =85 I will die for my God. = I=20 will die for my faith. It's the least I can do for Christ dying for me." Cassie Bernall was one of the Columbine students who was asked, at gunpoint,=20 "Do you believe in God?" Her story has been spread by news reports and chain= s=20 of Internet sites hailing her as a martyr, in the true sense of that ancient=20 title in Christendom. Now, her mother has written her own tribute, entitled "She Said Yes." Becaus= e=20 of the ties between Cassie, her church and Arnold's writings, Misty Bernall'= s=20 140-page memoir has been published by the Plough Publishing House, which is=20 linked to the tiny Bruderhof movement, with its commitment to pacifism,=20 simple living and the sanctity of life. In the wake of Littleton, many Americans - politicians, preachers and pundit= s=20 - keep arguing about the "larger issues" that supposedly led to the=20 bloodshed, notes Misty Bernall. She is convinced parents must focus on more=20 personal issues closer to home. "Why, when parents and lawmakers are calling for gun control and an end to T= V=20 violence, are our young crying out for relationships?", she asks. "Why, when=20 we offer them psychologists and counselors and experts on conflict=20 resolution, are they going to youth groups and looking for friends? Why, whe= n=20 everyone else is apportioning blame and constructing new defenses, are they=20 talking about a change of the heart?" Nevertheless, "She Said Yes" makes it clear that Cassie's parents repeatedly=20 had to say "no," as they pulled her away from peers involved in the occult.=20 Her mother reprints passages from letters in which Cassie and a friend=20 pondered suicide and murder. The Bernalls taped telephone calls, searched=20 their daughter's room, took evidence to the police and, finally, moved to=20 another neighborhood. Cassie raged against it all, until her life was change= d=20 during a church youth retreat. Brad and Misty Bernall refused to give up, noted Arnold, and made radical=20 changes in their own lives, as well as in the life of their daughter. All of=20 this took time, energy and sacrifice. Cassie's new life was rooted in weekly=20 patterns of fellowship, prayer, reading and service projects with her family=20 and new friends. They ate pizza and went skiing, but also helped leukemia=20 patients and built homes for the poor. Cassie traded vampires and "death=20 rock" for poetry and photography. "Cassie would never have said 'yes' in that final moment, unless she had sai= d=20 'yes' so many other times before that," said Arnold. "She had to say 'yes' t= o=20 many wonderful experiences in her new life, before she had the strength to=20 say the ultimate 'yes' when that moment came. We must not forget that." Terry Mattingly (www.tmatt.net) teaches at the Alexandria, Va., campus of=20 Regent University. He writes this weekly column for the Scripps Howard News=20 Service. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Honiker [SMTP:davejrinfl@...] > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 3:40 PM > To: Klaus Meier > Subject: Re: [CU] true unity > > > -- > > On Mon, 20 Sep 1999 21:19:57 Thomas E. Mackey wrote: > > > Your suggestion of doing music that is specifically on the theme of > >Christian unity struck a responsive, harmonious chord in my heart. > >_COULD I ASK_ that you and others on this list, report back the > >names of songs, authors, composers, recording artists, and labels of > >any such songs on the themes of: Christian unity, one body, etc. of > >which you are aware. I think it would be neat to have an anthology, > >or sampler on the theme. > >Yours because we're HIS, > >Tom > >temackey.jn17.21@... > Hello all, this is the first time im writing to this group. Tim and Tom > that is a great idea about doing a music collection, We here at The Refuge > in florida have been doing something along the same idea, but getting > permission from some of the labels is hard because they don't want to see > anybody else profit from it. We promote youth outreach concerts with > different types of music from punk/ska to contemporary, what we are trying > to do is get one song from every band that has played for us a make a cd > for use as a gift for a small donation, to keep the rest of the ministry > of serving dinners for the homeless and lower income or anyone who wants a > meal, giving out canned foods and frozen cooked meats, and giving out > clothing and other personal hygeine products. I guess my question is if > there is anyone out there who knows how to go about getting labels to give > permission please let me know so I can relay it to the pastor Thanx > davejrinfl@... > > > --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- > Share what you know. 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