On 09/18/10, Jeff Snyder quoted Daryl Stout: New Top Sites List For Ch.   
      
   DS>   Is there also a "content requirement", such as "G-rated only"?? I have   
   DS> several "Battle/RPG" doors, with mild language and violence, but noted with   
   DS> ANSI graphics and text...and no nudity. These are rated PG as a  result.   
   DS>   
   DS>   I do have several Christian related doors and file areas online...with   
   DS> the stipulation that "users are not required to use them to stay online". I   
   DS> would prefer their accessing the Christian message areas, files, and doors   
   DS> to be of "their own free will and choice"...and what they do with the   
   DS> information is up to them.   
      
      
   Hello Daryl. Well, let me ask you this: Honestly speaking, considering the   
   content of your BBS, which do you really believe that it honors more, the   
   world, or the Lord? Your answer to that question alone will probably tell   
   you all that you need to know.   
      
   I have long believed that if we are going to be a witness for the Lord, then   
   there is no room for compromise with the world. It is for this reason that   
   you will find absolutely no commercial ads for any products or services on   
   any of the websites, guestbooks, messageboards or BBSes that I have ever   
   run. I simply do not believe in mixing the spirit of the world with the   
   Spirit of God when preaching the Gospel.   
      
   This uncompromising position is clearly supported by the Scriptures, as you   
   can see by the following verses:   
      
   "No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the   
   other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot   
   serve God and mammon."   
   Matthew 6:24, KJV   
      
   "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are   
   not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the   
   world hateth you."   
   John 15:19, KJV   
      
   "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and   
   touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,"   
   2 Corinthians 6:17, KJV   
      
   "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where   
   Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above,   
   not on things on the earth."   
   Colossians 3:1-2, KJV   
      
   "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that   
   he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier."   
   2 Timothy 2:4, KJV   
      
   "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the   
   world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world   
   is the enemy of God."   
   James 4:4, KJV   
      
   "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man   
   love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the   
   world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of   
   life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away,   
   and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."   
   1 John 2:15-17, KJV   
      
   Concerning those RPG and violent games that you have on your BBS, consider   
   what the Apostle Paul had to say:   
      
   "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are   
   honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever   
   things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any   
   virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."   
   Philippians 4:8, KJV   
      
   In conclusion, Daryl, what you do in your personal life is one thing; but   
   when you make yourself a public witness for the Lord, such as by running a   
   website or a BBS, then you need to tow the line all the way, and do it with   
   your whole heart as unto the Lord, without compromise.   
      
   That is how I personally feel about the situation; and in this regard, I try   
   to live what I preach. When folks visit our website, or my BBS, they realize   
   pretty soon what it is about. There is no mistake that it is geared towards   
   Bible-believing Christians. It is not about making money, or trying to con   
   them into buying a book, a DVD, a magazine subscription or anything else; it   
   is about preaching the Word of God only.   
      
   You might want to read some of my articles, such as "Money-Making Bible   
   Hucksters And Mammon".   
      
      
      
   Jeff Snyder, SysOp - Armageddon BBS  Visit us at endtimeprophecy.org port 23   
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