Canon951

Harbor Freight has some cheap nail guns if you don't want to spend alot. Will probably work for a one time fence job.

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I'm not completely sure how this mortgage/escrow thing works but every mortgage I ever had, held tax and insurance in escrow. I've not had one miss.

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Your house/condo etc is the collateral for the loan/mortgage you took out. They escrow your taxes and insurance to make sure they get paid so someone doesn't buy your taxes and take their "collateral" or the place doesn't burn down with no insurance and then there is no collateral left. Like someone else posted, escrow is usually mandatory unless you are putting down a chunk because the lender is wanting to make sure the "collateral" is secure until you pay it off.

I can see where it would be considered a time to give up something that causes you to sin or that interferes in your walk with Christ but only if you intend to continue on with it. If it is something that on day 41 you dive right back in then it makes no sense to me. But it is quite comical some of the things that people give up or the reason they do it. :lol:

For those that do participate in lent, I'm curious as to what you get out of it? I understand what it is, I am just asking on a more personal level. What does it do for you personally or what do you hope to obtain from it?

Serious question, not judging.

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That doesn't say what you think it says.

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Wrong. It says exactly what it says. No one is justified before God by keeping the law (doing good deeds).

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however the bible also says that faith without works is dead.

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You are referring to the Book of James. This is talking about faith without works is not profitable to men. We are justified before God by faith, but since man can't see our faith, we are justified by our works before other men so that they can see Christ in us and hopefully come to faith.

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HOWEVER the question was what you would say. And to this there is no wrong answer, because the answer would always be true, it's what the person is saying they would say. Because we were asked, What would you tell the dying man?, not what do you consider the best thing to say.

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I was replying to the poster that said he would bring up the man's good deeds to him in his last 60 seconds. I was emphasizing that doing this would not do him any good.

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Accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and repent

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What do you mean by repent? Are you suggesting he stop sinning in his last 60 seconds?

He repents when he changes his mind from some of the stuff mentioned in this thread (baptism, good works, etc.) to believing on Jesus and him alone for salvation.

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This is the best my yard has ever looked while dormant.

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Last year was the first time I had ever done the fall preemergent. Right now I have barely any "green" weeds popping up. Yard is just brown. Lol.

I put out my dimension yesterday and I got .6 inches of rain last night. I hope that was enough.

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60s is your 5-day average?

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according to greencast is was 53 on the 8th and had been in the 50's for a while and then jumped to 65 on the 9th and has been in the low to mid 60's the past 4 days. I'm putting dimension out tomorrow. Supposed to start raining tomorrow night and then rain all day sunday.

I was going to do the preemergent treatment this weekend before a big rain that's moving in. But my soil temps are already in the 60's. Am I too late or will it still help some? Also thought about trying a split treatment this year instead of all at once.

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Yes, but we will know them by their fruits. People who repent do change. There is no other way about it.

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You are equating repenting with stopping sinning or cutting back. Repent and believe the gospel literally means to change your mind about who Jesus is, how you get to heaven, what he did for you, etc. and believe in him. That is repentance. The "change" is a result of repenting and believing. It comes after you repent and believe. That is the clear gospel. Conditioning it upon our works (behavioral changes) makes it a false gospel. Thats exactly what Paul was getting onto the Galatians about. They had been told they had to believe in Jesus and keep the law. Not saying that is what you are doing but wanted make my position clear on it.

A Christian changes (some don't change much, others do a 180) because he has repented and believed the gospel.