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Sadly, I seem to have missed out on this. I see on the Webstore that it may come back in stock....what are the chances?
I've been combing the Internet for a used copy (or a nice new one would be awesome too)...Ebay, Alibris, Rad Rockers, CDM...but no luck so far.
Any heads up on where a guy might track a copy down?
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| Thread: Fan Clubs |
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I am just curious about me. I joined the fan club and really got nothing for it. I am not complaining, it's just out of your control, but just curious what you would do for the types like me if the fan clubs go away. I didn't even get a single CD. I am not sure when I joined, either.
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| Thread: The Passion Of The Christ |
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I saw this movie and thought it was a very moving experience, and I am thrilled that so many people are seeing this. Granted, the majority of them that see this will walk away with out making any commitments to Christ, and in some ways I think that's sad. I truly hope that if anybody sees this who is not in Church and becomes interested in Church, that God leads them to the right people to guide them. But there are so many comments that just bother me, comments like this is just another movie, no different from something like Freddy Vs. Jason or whatever. But the Bible says everybody knows by instinct the truth and they will have no excuse in the end. As glad as I am in seeing this, I am also disheartened that so many are choosing to take the side that it's just a movie and treat it so glibly. I guess we can only do what Jesus would want us to do, and that's simply pray for those people.
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| Thread: Church - A Love Hate Relationship |
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Originally posted by jiminy
sounds like our backgrounds are not too far off. I grew up catholic- went to a holiness church (UPC) through my 20s and 30s, and then to A of G or E/Free related- though I've rather been unsettled the past few years.
I think we may all have personal reasons for "where we are at" churchwise- I love gathering places and feeling and sharing the grace and Spirit of our Lord- just not sure if thats always at one place week to week -know what I mean?
there was a day when I'd say to folks- "What, No Home Church? Are you backslid, lost, or WHAT!!?!?. Wheres your commitment- yer backbone!?"
Well- thats obviously changed, and I've choked on a few crow feathers for that bit o' stink.
I DO believe in fellowship- and sharing , and "leaning" as it were - and even the ol book o' Heb. COMMAND about "not forsaking the assembling of yourselves..."
I aint forsakin it- just on a mmmaajjoorr sabbatical. |
I am a former UPC member as well. For me, it wasn't about backsliding or anything like that that made me leave (though I know my spirituality suffered after I left, don't get me wrong, I am making no excuses here for anything). The UPC church I came into was just awesome. It had to be one of the best churches I had the opportunity to attend, and I think the pastor was truly led of God and was a good man. One example I can use is we rented out a Weslyan building for our Sunday services. Well, I guess they didn't like us there because they decided to jack up the rent on us, and our small congregation just could not make it work. My pastor was told he owed them such and such an amount and he was determined to pay a different amount in the rent due, which was less than they were owed. He asked the congregation to pray about it, and we did, and the entire time I prayed, I felt a scripture come to me about if somebody asks you for your coat, you give them your shirt too. That was REAL strong in my mind as I prayed. After the prayer service, all the congregation said they felt it was fine to pay the lowest amount he was willing to pay, including his wife. I declined my comment at the time because I felt, well, maybe I was mistaken in what I felt to be from God. But it bothered me and after the service i told him about what I felt when we prayed. I discovered later, completely by accident, that he did pay the lower amount, but also gave them an additional check, which was for half the amount additional that they were asking for. It was all he could afford to pay the Weslyans. So, yeah, there are really good churces out there, and this was one of them, for sure.
And I also felt really fed there. There were a couple of examples of times sermons my pastor gave were so dead on, so specific to my situation, and covered things he could never possibly know about. One such case was when I was witnessing to a neighbor, and I invited him to church. He agreed to go, and on a Sunday morning we were walking to church and he kept on asking me all these random questions about God and the Bible, deep stuff I could not even begin to answer for him. When we got to church and the sermon started, my pastor said he had a message all prepared but felt in prayer to go in a different direction and started to answer EVERY question my friend had just asked me in our walk to Church. That can only be God. There is no credit any man can take in something so awesome, so amazing.
So why don't I go to church anymore? Because there has been no church in any area I've moved to that has been that good, really, and where I currently live, I truly felt the pastor and some of the congregation members didn't want me to go there. I could go into greater detail, but in many ways I feel like Joseph who was put into bonds by his own brothers. And since then, the church I started out in closed down and I have no idea how to get in contact with my former pastor, though I would like to contact him because there are some great things I would like to share with him.
The only place I've found who has teachings that really touch me is the Trinity Organization out of Dallas Texas, which is pastored by Ole Anthony. I can download his Bible studies online and the stuff he covers is pretty solid, I feel, and good stuff to grow on. In the meantime, I just wait and pray to God to lead me to the Church He wants me to go to. I know in these last days, it's important to have that fellowship of believers, and I want that, but the churches I've seen are so watered down, and I just cannot go. There are other UPC churces I've checked out (including the one that I felt didn't welcome me into their midst) that just fall short of the mark. I could go into more details on that, but this thread isn't about dogging other religions. But it's good to see this thread and know I am not alone in my feelings. I guess Moses wasn't the only one who wandered in the desert for quite a while.
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| Thread: New Releases... 2004 |
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I would love any DVD material, and would gladly support the release of any previously unreleased material, regardless of quality (as is with the pre DA material mentioned.) But for the DVD material, I am more excited about seeing behind the scene stuff than just straight out concert DVDs. Concerts are ok, but I don't buy any concert DVDs from hardly anybody I listen to. I prefer music video DVDs (if such a thing could possibly exist for DA), and would love to see any history compilations and making of DVDs.
As for other DVD ideas, I know it's not 100% DA, but how about a tribute to Gene Eugene on DVD, kinda like the Mark Heard tribute video?
As for the CD releases, I am not as interested in reissues as I am interested in hearing previously unrelease material.
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| Thread: Compliments from a New Listener |
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I am very glad to see Mothman is still coming, as I have wondered what happened to this project since I first saw it announced.
BTW, did anybody else think for a moment that Mothman Prophecies might have been the Terry Taylor scored movie? I was disappointed when I learned it wasn't!
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| Thread: Question about the Avocado Club |
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| Hope you got the MBD in the meanwhile! |
Isn't that a must?
I do have a question for Audori, and I hope it's not a stupid question, as I am sure it has had to have occured to somebody at some point in the past. But I was thinking that I have ordered stuff from the DA webstore since I got my voucher for the free shirt. I am am sure others who ordered the signed and numbered MBD CD got vouchers for the free shirt as well, and also have ordered items from the webstore since then as well. So why not just send the shirts out with those orders? Why make it so hard on you in trying to cover all those shipping costs when you already have a paid shipping order going to somebody? If it's hard to keep track of the people who ordered it, perhaps they could submit their CD number when they place an order and t shirt size to make it easier for you. Just a thought, because I don't see a reason you should have to pay for all those shirts to go out if people are ordering more from you, as I have.
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| Thread: Question about the Avocado Club |
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| Why? Because Terry's not a scam artist. |
Sorry, certainly a wrong choice for words. I pointed out that it's certainly not, since I did a search and saw that others have gotten CDs. I've just been waiting patiently, but when I saw that others got CDs and I haven't, I felt a little left out, I guess.
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| Thread: CD's almost SOLD OUT!! |
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I second the motion to get Pat Terry on CD, however I don't just want his Mark Heard produced material. Give me a whole box set of all his stuff and I would be a very, very happy person.
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| Thread: Question about the Avocado Club |
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I joined quite a while ago, and still have yet to recieve one solitary item or fan club disc. I am starting to think the whole thing is a scam, but I searched for "avocado club" on this site and see others have gotten discs.
Of course, I never got my free T shirt promised to me with the purchase of Mr Buechner's Dream either, so why should I get my hopes up?
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