In which Marvin, moved by the Spirit preaches the Gospel to a captive audience..
John Smid and me-Graduation 1998 (above) & John Smid today (left) By now many have heard that Tennessee's Department of Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities determined that the "ex-gay" program, Love in Action, is operating two “unlicensed mental health supportive living facilities”. LIA has until Friday, September 23 to respond. If LIA statements in Eartha Jane Melzer's article are indicative to how the "change" program might respond, we may see LIA change right before our eyes from a clinical mental health compound into a house of praise and worship. Gerard Wellman, business administrator for Love in Action, and a former Love in Action client, said Sept. 13 that the organization has been in contact with the state but would not comment further. “As a church, we operate under a different set of rules,” Wellman said. Curious, and what rules might these be? What is even more curious is that according to LIA's site only one staff member ...
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You passed out Chick Tracts? I lost a lot of respect for you in that one action. Those cartoons are horrible. :{
-Jon in Iowa City
(My all-time favorite is The Gay Blade. The attention to detail with regard to '70s-era hair and clothing is really kind of an achievement in itself.
I also love the way the narrative departs from the standard Chick formula of unbeliever rejects the Word, unbeliever repents (or not), unbeliever dies suddenly.
I think maybe we need to pray that the Holy Spirit will cast out the demon that's taken hold of your friend Jon and that Jon will visit the Chick Publications Web site and come to understand the insidious dangers of Freemasonry, Mormonism, Islam, Catholicism, the Theory of Evolution, Dungeons and Dragons, "Bewitched," trickertreating, Ouji Boards, Christian Rock and translations of the Bible other than the KJV.
Amen.