http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/ Thoughts to Ponder Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:01:39 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/92 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/92 I field a lot of questions over the Internet and I try to give an honest heartfelt answer to all of them. I believe we should be able to give a reason for what Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:28:15 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/91 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/91 There is much to be said for growing up in a Christian home. I praise God for my Christian parents who taught me about God from an early age. God commands us Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:22:26 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/90 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/90 The Emerging Church Apostasy   As in all my Thoughts to Ponder articles; I am not trying to question any individual's salvation (their own words can testify Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:51:45 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/89 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/89 Before Christmas I attempted to write out the Christmas story for my grand-daughter. I decided to do the same thing with the Easter story. Below is my attempt. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:50:05 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/88 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/88 Sometime back near the end of 2006, I wrote three Thoughts to Ponder articles on the subject Be Sober. In those articles I expressed my thoughts that Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:47:01 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/87 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/87 In preparation for Christmas I wrote out a paraphrase of the Christmas story starting in Genesis and ending in Revelation. I wrote it for my grand-daughter and Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:37:50 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/86 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/86 I have been thinking about people?s view of God. I have long thought that the new cheap gospel that is preached in churches today has caused people to think Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:09:26 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/85 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/85 Matthew 23:27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:09:28 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/84 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/84 I have complained long and hard against self-love and self-esteem. We teach it in the public schools, we even teach it in churches. I have often heard that Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:41:58 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/83 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/83 Have you ever found something in the Bible and wondered; why did God put that in there? I know I have, but the more I read the Bible the more I realize that Thu, 03 May 2007 23:45:25 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/82 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/82 I am often asked how I can have such blind faith as to believe in God and the Bible. I make no apology for the fact that God requires faith: Hebrews 11:6 And Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:19:01 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/81 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/81 I have taken a lot of heat in the past for my stance on public education. I have had Christian teachers complain that I don?t understand. I have had people Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:31:16 GMT Ralph http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/80 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/80 God made a statement in His word that I think is just as true today as it was for the people when God said it: Hosea 4:6a My people are destroyed for lack of Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:17:47 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/79 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/79 I have written before about Islam and how it is not really a religion of peace, but rather a religion that does not recognize the one true God, nor His Son, Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:23:54 GMT Ralph Dettwiler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/78 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ThoughtstoPonder/message/78 This Thought to Ponder is a little different. I receive a lot of e-mail from people, who say they are Christians, who are contemplating suicide, or who think