“Homecoming like the old days" ends in death of snake handler
Serpent-handling pastor profiled earlier in Washington Post dies from rattlesnake bite Last Sunday started as a festive outdoor service on a sunny afternoon at Panther Wildlife Management Area, a state park roughly 80 miles west of Bluefield, W.Va. In the preceding days, Wolford had posted several teasers on his Facebook page asking people to attend. “I am looking for a great time this Sunday,” he wrote May 22. “It is going to be a homecoming like the old days. Good ’ole raised in the holler or mountain ridge running, Holy Ghost-filled speaking-in-tongues sign believers.” More: Snake-handling Pentecostal pastor killed by rattlesnake bite
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Aphorism: “live by the snake … die by the snake”
Bad exegesis claims yet another life. So sad.
"Our task today is to tell people — who no longer know what sin is...no longer see themselves as sinners, and no longer have room for these categories — that Christ died for sins of which they do not think they’re guilty." - David Wells
I have, on more than one occassion handled* venomous snakes.
*I was not in church, and had the aid of a snake hook, and did so more out of a desire to emulate Steve Irwin than the Apostle Paul, but still … :bigsmile:
*I was not in church, and had the aid of a snake hook, and did so more out of a desire to emulate Steve Irwin than the Apostle Paul, but still … :bigsmile:
Bad exegesis claims yet another life.From The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
“We don’t need no stinking badges”
A good read is http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Twelve-Verses-Mark/dp/1589600142] The Last Twelve Verses of Mark
Wiki has an article on it too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_16
Wiki has an article on it too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_16
The longer ending of Mark 16 is of considerable significance in PentecostalismResponse: Like duh!
[Jim]I thought the line originated in that 70’s movie where the black dude was the sheriff, and they rode off into the sunset in their limo!Bad exegesis claims yet another life.From The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
“We don’t need no stinking badges”
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was an homage to an earlier work. Both movies are classics from different genre. (Love the campfire scene because it reminds me of many a deacon’s meeting.)
[Jeffrey Dean] was an homage to an earlier work. Both movies are classics from different genre. (Love the campfire scene because it reminds me of many a deacon’s meeting.)You done gone and spilled those campfire beans all over me man! I left the title out so that no one would know I had actually seen that movie!
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