{"id":24703,"date":"2024-01-07T13:33:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T13:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mqcaves.com\/?p=24703"},"modified":"2024-01-08T13:59:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T13:59:08","slug":"your-personal-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mqcaves.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/07\/your-personal-invitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Personal Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24703\" class=\"elementor elementor-24703\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5862bce e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5862bce\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f735e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f735e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Hello Tim Alberta,<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Your <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/firing-line\/video\/tim-alberta-gplixr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with Margaret Hoover of Firing Line<\/a> <\/span>was excellent.\u00a0 It is clear that you are a subject matter expert in evangelical Christianity and that you have your finger on the pulse of that group of believers. Evangelical Christianity is the lens you have grown up looking through and continue looking through as evidenced by the things you write about and how you speak. Your statements in that interview manifest a good measure of godly devotion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Politics as a means of salvation, trusting in man, homosexuality, abortion and more are topics that have become politicized. You know that \u201cthe word of God is alive\u201d (Hebrews 4:12), is \u201cinspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness\u201d 2 Timothy 3:16.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Jesus was raised as a Jew and started the Christian congregation. His existence became political. Do you think his earthly stepfather Joseph would have approved? How do you think his heavenly father Jehovah felt? <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/bible\/study-bible\/books\/proverbs\/27\/#v20027011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proverbs 27:11<\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>You likely sense we are living in the Last Days and know about the &#8220;Cosmic Clash&#8221; that is coming and the importance of remembering <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/bible\/study-bible\/books\/zephaniah\/2\/#v36002002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Zephaniah 2:2-3<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> \u00a0You know the commission Jesus gave his followers in <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/bible\/study-bible\/books\/matthew\/28\/#v40028019\">Matthew 28:19-20<\/a>. <\/span>You know \u201cThere will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 righteous ones who have no need of repentance\u201d Luke 15:7;<\/p>\n<p>For these reasons, your entire family is warmly invited to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/apps.jw.org\/ui\/E\/meeting-search.html#\/weekly-meetings\/search\/E\/Brighton,%20MI,%20USA\/42.529477,-83.780221\/@35.385741,-81.002367,10z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">examine things through a different lens<\/a><\/span> and become that \u201ccatalyst\u201d so you may \u201cby all possible means save some\u201d 1 Corinthians 9:22.<\/p>\n<p>Warm regards,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jw.org\/en\/library\/bible\/study-bible\/books\/isaiah\/43\/#v23043010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jehovah&#8217;s Witness<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Tim Alberta, Your interview with Margaret Hoover of Firing Line was excellent.\u00a0 It is clear that you are a subject matter expert in evangelical Christianity and that you have your finger on the pulse of that group of believers. 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