I've never received any money in the mail except from the survey people and I do fill out the survey and send it back. As far as the labels, yes, I use them. Otherwise, they go to waste just sitting there. Sometimes I send a donation, but most the time I do not.
I don't like it at all. If I had children in public school I would definitely be looking to home school them. As far as public restrooms go, I don't really have much of an issue other than the stalls should have floor to ceiling walls and door making them totally private. I would also not...
I found this article informative: What Does the Scriptures Reveal About Women Teaching Men
To add to this, in the glossary notes of my Bible it says, "Timothy received this letter in Ephesus while he was leading the congregations there. Ephesus was the home of the fertility goddess Artemis...
When I was little, my grandparents went to a church where the Pastor was a woman. I don't know how they came about going to a church where a woman was the Pastor, but they liked it. I remember it was a very small group but it was full. God blessed. :)
Acts 7:38 Stephen refers to the the church in the wilderness. It's my thought that the "birth" date of the church was way before Acts. The day of Pentecost was the "empowering of the church"
I don't see anything ethically wrong with eating meat. Jesus ate meat. The only issue I have with meat now days is the way the animal is treated and how they are raised. With all the chemicals put into the animal, such as chickens shot up with hormones in order to make them larger quicker...