Many thanks to all who attended the Common Slaves Combined Service this past Sunday afternoon at Bethany Bible Church in Big Lake, MN. Many of you traveled over 90 minutes to attend and encourage the body of Christ as well as be encouraged by it. Special thanks to Pastor Ken Carlton for preaching the Gospel with great passion and power. Thanks to the folks from Bethany who provided an such an opulent spread of sugar-based food sufficient for the great gathering of people from Crosslake, Crosby, Quamba, Hinckley, as well as locally.
Thanks to Pastor Eric for volunteering me to sing, and many more thanks to Pastor Mark for letting me serve everyone by not singing! The brotherhood in Jesus Christ is profoundly deep, joyful, playful, meaningful, and life-giving. What a glorious gift is the cross of Christ that makes such an evening of joy and gladness together with the children of God possible.
As Flavel says, “Thanks be to God for Jesus Christ!”
-jr
Common Slaves 
January 31, 2017 at 10:16 am
“That kind of makes my point. Who cares if the world is his oyster or why? He didn’t pick his family. Besides, what difference does it make regarding the unknown truth of the matter at hand?
The hostility toward John is clearly being transferred to Barnabas, and so much criticism is not even trying to hide that.
$20 says if this was Pastor Wade’s son (and I like him, and don’t know if he has a son), this whole thread would sound different.”
I’ve read T.W.W. for years; how very true that is Joe.
http://wartburgwhiners.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-tragic-divorce-of-barnabus-piper.html
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