Letters to the Editor 03-01-2001
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Miracles - No Alcohol In Winona - Winona Recycling - No-Rabb Isn't Rabb Water
Miracles
Editor, Times-Union:Don Kaiser says he believes in miracles because he has experienced them. He says it is "God" and "Jesus Christ" who perform miracles. He says that one who doesn't believe in miracles is a skeptic or an atheist. But what about this scripture?
"Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.'"
By this scripture can it not be seen that not all miracles come from righteous sources. Just going in the name of Christ ("CHRIST-ian") doing mighty works isn't enough. The miracle workers need to be known by Christ. If miracle workers are not known by Christ, who is it that knows them and provides the power to bring about the miracles that bring "peace" for those who don't even qualify to have "peace?" (True, many miracle workers have been exposed as being fake. But genuine miracles do take place.) And why does Christ allow miracles coming from those he has never known?
According to that scripture any miracle worker who does not do the will of the Father, is not, and never will be, known by the Christ. So, what is the will of the Father for a miracle worker to qualify to be known by the Son? Peter says that preachers who deny the Master who bought them will have a swift destruction. The Father wants miracle workers (and any other "believers") to accept the Master instead of denying him. (Denying is not rejecting. Those who reject him are not "believers" and can not deny him.) Any miracle worker who denies the Master who bought him is not known by the Christ and will receive a swift destruction!
What does it mean to deny the Master (after having accepted him)? Scripture says that the Christ was resurrected to turn human beings from their wicked ways. The living Master has the supernatural power to keep human beings from sinning, according to Scripture. Any miracle worker who continues to not be conformed to the image of the Christ (did he sin once in a while?) could only be receiving his (her) power to do mighty works from the devil (who is the ruler of this world according to Scripture)!
Imagine this: Your liver goes on the blink. Should you go to a "CHRIST-ian" miracle worker, who has no shame about continuing to be a sinner, making him an "unknown by Christ miracle worker," to have him try to persuade his "God" to heal your moldy liver, or would it be best to go to a medical worker (who might be a skeptic or atheist)?
The Bible says that those who believed that it was a demon who empowered the Christ to do his mighty works, were guilty of an unforgivable sin. Would it not be an unforgivable sin when believing that miracles are coming from the Father and the Son when they come from miracle workers who are not known by the Christ? (Where is the only place that those who are not known by the Son could get their power to do their mighty works?)
Robert Stichter
Milford
No Alcohol In Winona
Editor, Times-Union:It saddens hearts when the seeming relentless encroachment of alcohol gains foothold further into a community. Now a package licquor outlet is requested in Winona Lake because of a ratio set which permits such a request.
Over 80 years now, I'm aware of the insidious presence of alcohol in one form or another from ancient time. I had an assignment to memorize some Shakespeare in college English, and chose a few lines that said, "How foolish that man would take that into his mouth that steal away his brains." I recall the occasion when I took a swallow of my dad's near beer (3.2 percent) and was repelled by the soapsuds bitter taste, and in 70 years have refrained from the stuff.
When I remember a childhood free from taverns, saloons, bars and the bombardment of advertising in the printed, pictured and audiovisual media, I am thankful. Prohibition days had hidden problems with alcohol, but children were protected from them. When Al Smith ran against Herbert Hoover for the presidency we kids believed if he won, the old saloons of the West would return with brawls and gunfights, like we saw in cowboy movies. However, today's alcohol problems are far, far worse as we well know. DUI, broken homes, penalized children.
But to get a license to sell packaged liquor simply because of population size permits it will once again contribute to the delinquency of family and community health and welfare at Winona Lake. Surely there is a better way to satisfy the taste of a drinker than alcohol anyway.
Let us register opposition to a package liquor store coming next the Dairy Queen or any other Winona Lake location. Write letters. Make, sign and circulate petitions that it not happen.
Wrong, harm prevails when good people do nothing.
C.L. Hendrix
Winona Lake
via e-mail
Winona Recycling
Editor, Times-Union:The proposed "Pay as you throw plan" for Winona Lake is absurd. Marsh Eikenberry is quick to state the failures of Winona Lake and that "it is not fair to the person who has only one bag of trash to pay for everyone else." We do recycle and I have a family of four. We will obviously generate more "nonrecyclable" trash than a single person, but others do generate more refuse than us. Winona Lake does curbside recycling, which quite obviously is far better than the non-existent curbside services of the surrounding communities in Kosciusko County, i.e., Warsaw. Placing the burden on the taxpaying residents of Winona Lake is a gross injustice; implementing other recycling programs for the surrounding communities would be a far greater resolution. This proposal may quite possibly increase the instances of people illegally dumping refuse alongside rural roads and farmers' fields.
D. Ramsey
Winona Lake taxpayer
via e-mail
No-Rabb Isn't Rabb Water
Editor, Times-Union:Due to the recent publicity of No-Rabb Inc., we at Rabb Kinetico Water Systems want to set the record straight and state that the two companies are totally separate entities. We are not affiliated with their endeavors. Thank you.
Don and George Clemens
Owners, Rabb Kinetico Water Systems
Warsaw
via e-mail
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- Miracles - No Alcohol In Winona - Winona Recycling - No-Rabb Isn't Rabb Water
Miracles
Editor, Times-Union:Don Kaiser says he believes in miracles because he has experienced them. He says it is "God" and "Jesus Christ" who perform miracles. He says that one who doesn't believe in miracles is a skeptic or an atheist. But what about this scripture?
"Not every one who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.'"
By this scripture can it not be seen that not all miracles come from righteous sources. Just going in the name of Christ ("CHRIST-ian") doing mighty works isn't enough. The miracle workers need to be known by Christ. If miracle workers are not known by Christ, who is it that knows them and provides the power to bring about the miracles that bring "peace" for those who don't even qualify to have "peace?" (True, many miracle workers have been exposed as being fake. But genuine miracles do take place.) And why does Christ allow miracles coming from those he has never known?
According to that scripture any miracle worker who does not do the will of the Father, is not, and never will be, known by the Christ. So, what is the will of the Father for a miracle worker to qualify to be known by the Son? Peter says that preachers who deny the Master who bought them will have a swift destruction. The Father wants miracle workers (and any other "believers") to accept the Master instead of denying him. (Denying is not rejecting. Those who reject him are not "believers" and can not deny him.) Any miracle worker who denies the Master who bought him is not known by the Christ and will receive a swift destruction!
What does it mean to deny the Master (after having accepted him)? Scripture says that the Christ was resurrected to turn human beings from their wicked ways. The living Master has the supernatural power to keep human beings from sinning, according to Scripture. Any miracle worker who continues to not be conformed to the image of the Christ (did he sin once in a while?) could only be receiving his (her) power to do mighty works from the devil (who is the ruler of this world according to Scripture)!
Imagine this: Your liver goes on the blink. Should you go to a "CHRIST-ian" miracle worker, who has no shame about continuing to be a sinner, making him an "unknown by Christ miracle worker," to have him try to persuade his "God" to heal your moldy liver, or would it be best to go to a medical worker (who might be a skeptic or atheist)?
The Bible says that those who believed that it was a demon who empowered the Christ to do his mighty works, were guilty of an unforgivable sin. Would it not be an unforgivable sin when believing that miracles are coming from the Father and the Son when they come from miracle workers who are not known by the Christ? (Where is the only place that those who are not known by the Son could get their power to do their mighty works?)
Robert Stichter
Milford
No Alcohol In Winona
Editor, Times-Union:It saddens hearts when the seeming relentless encroachment of alcohol gains foothold further into a community. Now a package licquor outlet is requested in Winona Lake because of a ratio set which permits such a request.
Over 80 years now, I'm aware of the insidious presence of alcohol in one form or another from ancient time. I had an assignment to memorize some Shakespeare in college English, and chose a few lines that said, "How foolish that man would take that into his mouth that steal away his brains." I recall the occasion when I took a swallow of my dad's near beer (3.2 percent) and was repelled by the soapsuds bitter taste, and in 70 years have refrained from the stuff.
When I remember a childhood free from taverns, saloons, bars and the bombardment of advertising in the printed, pictured and audiovisual media, I am thankful. Prohibition days had hidden problems with alcohol, but children were protected from them. When Al Smith ran against Herbert Hoover for the presidency we kids believed if he won, the old saloons of the West would return with brawls and gunfights, like we saw in cowboy movies. However, today's alcohol problems are far, far worse as we well know. DUI, broken homes, penalized children.
But to get a license to sell packaged liquor simply because of population size permits it will once again contribute to the delinquency of family and community health and welfare at Winona Lake. Surely there is a better way to satisfy the taste of a drinker than alcohol anyway.
Let us register opposition to a package liquor store coming next the Dairy Queen or any other Winona Lake location. Write letters. Make, sign and circulate petitions that it not happen.
Wrong, harm prevails when good people do nothing.
C.L. Hendrix
Winona Lake
via e-mail
Winona Recycling
Editor, Times-Union:The proposed "Pay as you throw plan" for Winona Lake is absurd. Marsh Eikenberry is quick to state the failures of Winona Lake and that "it is not fair to the person who has only one bag of trash to pay for everyone else." We do recycle and I have a family of four. We will obviously generate more "nonrecyclable" trash than a single person, but others do generate more refuse than us. Winona Lake does curbside recycling, which quite obviously is far better than the non-existent curbside services of the surrounding communities in Kosciusko County, i.e., Warsaw. Placing the burden on the taxpaying residents of Winona Lake is a gross injustice; implementing other recycling programs for the surrounding communities would be a far greater resolution. This proposal may quite possibly increase the instances of people illegally dumping refuse alongside rural roads and farmers' fields.
D. Ramsey
Winona Lake taxpayer
via e-mail
No-Rabb Isn't Rabb Water
Editor, Times-Union:Due to the recent publicity of No-Rabb Inc., we at Rabb Kinetico Water Systems want to set the record straight and state that the two companies are totally separate entities. We are not affiliated with their endeavors. Thank you.
Don and George Clemens
Owners, Rabb Kinetico Water Systems
Warsaw
via e-mail
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