We, the current inhabitants of Seattle, Washington are privileged to live in the 3rd top "Greenest" city in the United States (Green, Huff Post - The Internet Newspaper: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/04/green-us-cities-list_n_1070107.html#s447934&title=3_Seattle_Washington). Although the people of Seattle have shown great efforts of caring for our recreational parks, cleaning up the environment, and doing small things to make our homes greener and more energy efficient over the past few decades, we could all still do a little bit more as a community to reach number 1 on the list of green cities in the US! The picture below is one of our very own recent developments: The Bullit Center. It is the greenest building in Washington because the entirety of its usage is devoted to energy efficience and spreading urban ecology. The buildings net total of water and energy use amounts to approximately zero (Considering it produces it's own)! It also gets rid of its own sewage and waste which is an astonishing saver of resources compared a plethora of other buildings in our area! (Click on the link below to see in detail the other perks of this Green Center)
The Buillit Center:
1501 East Madison Street
If we are able to create more of these buildings or even make adjustments to the places we currently live in, Seattle would surely reach the top of the Green cities. Here are a few suggestions for small additions or changes you can make on your home that will create a great impact in our environment:
- Solar Panel roofs
- Using low/non-toxic paints for both exterior and interior walls of your home
- White roofs
- Green roofs (planting a small garden at the top of your apartment or home)
- Collecting/using recycled materials
- Storing rain water for your laundry/toilet use
- Installing radient floor heating/cooling
- Double-pane windows
- Composting
BILLY GRAHAM VERSUS GOD BY STEVE FINNELL
ReplyDeleteWHEN IT COMES TO BIBLICAL TRUTH WHO ARE YOU GOING TO TRUST GOD'S WORD OR BILLY GRAHAM?
BILLY GRAHAM QUOTE: “YOU MAY KNOW THAT WE URGE IMMEDIATE AND EXTENSIVE BIBLE STUDY FOR EACH CONVERT. AS THE SCRIPTURE IS REVIEWED, THE PLACE OF BAPTISM WILL SURELY BE DISCOVERED. IF BAPTISM WERE A REQUIREMENT FOR SALVATION, WE WOULD CERTAINLY SAY THAT. BUT YOU COULDN’T SUPPORT THAT KNOWING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE THIEF ON THE CROSS HAD NO OPPORTUNITY FOR BAPTISM OR CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. YET ON HIS CONFESSION, PARADISE WAS SECURED. JESUS SAID TO HIM, ‘TODAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE’ (LUKE 23:43).”
Billy Graham said If baptism were required for salvation they would say that. The Bible does say that.
Mark 16:16 ...and is baptized will be saved...(NKJV)
Acts 2:38...and let everyone of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins...(NKJV)
Acts 22:16 ....and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'(NKJV)
John 3:5 ...unless one is born of water and the Spirit , he cannot enter the kingdom of God.(NKJV)
Colossians 2:11-13...12 buried with Him in baptism....13...having forgiven you all trespasses,(NKJV)
1 Peter 3:21...which now saves us, namely baptism...(NKJV)
Ephesians 5:25-27.....just as Christ also loved the church...26 that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word....(NKJV)
Romans 6:4-7 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death........7. For he who has died has been freed from sin.(NKJV)
Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.(NKJV)
Titus 3:5....He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. (NKJV)
Acts 2:40-41,47 ...."Be saved from this perverse generation." 41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. 47...And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.(NKJV)
The Lord only adds the saved, that is baptized believers, to His church.
The thief on the cross question. Was the thief saved? Yes. The thief was saved before the new covenant was in force. The thief was saved without being baptized. The thief was saved without believing that God raised Jesus from the dead. The thief was saved before the Day of Pentecost. Can men today be saved like the thief on the cross? NO. NO. NO.
Abraham, Moses, and Elijah were saved without being baptized. Abraham, Moses, and Elijah were saved without believing that Jesus was the Son of God. They were saved without confessing Jesus as the Christ. They were saved without believing God raised Jesus from the dead. Can men today be saved like Abraham, Moses, and Elijah? NO. NO. NO.
The requirements to being saved under the new covenant are. Faith: John 3:16, Repentance: Acts 2:38, Confession: Romans 10:9, Water Immersion: Mark 16:16
WHO DO YOU TRUST BILLY GRAHAM OR GOD?
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