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  • *The Greatest Love Story Ever ToldClick to open the *The Greatest Love Story Ever Told menu
    • Act I
    • Act II
    • Intermission
    • Act III
    • Act IV
    • Act V
  • 1. Moving to Higher Ground in JesusClick to open the 1. Moving to Higher Ground in Jesus menu
    • Knowing God
    • A Christmas Message: Giving birth to Jesus
    • Are Mars and Venus Really That Different?
    • The Master Strategist
    • Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy
    • Keeping it Simple Pt 1, God's Love, Simply Divine
    • Keeping it Simple Pt 2, The Holy Spirit
    • Keeping it Simple Pt 3, What's the Problem?
    • Deeper, Addressing Need Beyond Sin
    • Godly Sorrow and Repentance
    • Partaking of the Wrong Fruit
    • Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
    • The Heart of the Matter
    • The Eye of the Beholder
    • Equality at the Cross
    • The Simplicity of the Gospel
    • Do We Really Have a Choice?
    • Is Faith Blind?
    • Is it Really not About Me?
    • Our "Rubber to Road" Experience...
    • Bearing Fruit
    • The Love of God and Change
  • 2. The Twilight ZoneClick to open the 2.  The Twilight Zone menu
    • Episode 11: The View
    • Episode 1: Food Fight
    • Episode 2: My Run for Office
    • Episode 3: Crash Course
    • Episode 4: Double Blow
    • Episode 5: Bo Bo the Boxing Cat
    • Episode 6: A Rude Awakening
    • Episode 7: The Clinic
    • Episode 8: A Quality of Mercy
    • Episode 9: What Lies Ahead?
    • Episode 10: Inception
  • 2b. Twilight Zone Study GuideClick to open the 2b. Twilight Zone Study Guide menu
    • Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth
    • Points of View
  • 3. A Cup of LaughterClick to open the 3. A Cup of Laughter menu
    • I Think I Prevented a Murder...
    • What's with the Buzz?
    • Bo Bo the Boxing Cat
    • When Laughter Becomes Horrific
    • Cyber Wars
    • My Run for Office
    • Walking in Your Shoes
    • This Earthen Vessel
    • Signs That You May Talk too Much
    • The "ITES" Family
    • Pesky Squirrels
    • No Cheap Thrill
    • Biketoberfest is Here
    • Mercy for Me
    • A Letter to Pastor and his Homies
    • Holy Spirit Take the Wheel
  • 4. Family MattersClick to open the 4. Family Matters menu
    • Jesus or Santa Clause?
    • A Journey Called Life
    • Discussing Theology...and Everything Else
    • Growing up...by Grace through Faith in Jesus
    • Lessons from Corporate America
    • Lessons from Family Life
    • Those Sensitive Teen Years
    • Intimacy, Love, and Commitment
    • Points of View
    • Say What?
    • Identifying with our Beliefs and Values
    • My Multi-Racial Complex
    • Soul Ties
    • Home Building, Phase One
    • Home Building, Phase Two
    • Home Building, Phase Three
    • Family Matters
  • 5. Soup for the SoulClick to open the 5. Soup for the Soul menu
    • Love so Big and Faithful...
    • Transparent Butterfly
    • Down to Your Final Grains...
    • First Love
    • The Wounded Soldier
    • When Your Hut's on Fire
    • The "W" in Christmas
    • God Cares for You!
    • The Mechanical Pencil
    • The Child in Me
    • Princess Jen's Story
    • The Cake
  • 6. ExtrasClick to open the 6. Extras menu
    • The Legend of the Three Trees
    • The Song of the Heart
    • The Progressive Journey
    • What's all the Worship About?
    • That Shiny Nose
    • The Call from the Dark Side
    • A Cinderella Story
    • The Invisible Woman
    • Captivity, Love, and Liberty
    • The Story of a Soul
  • *Holiday Greetings all Year RoundClick to open the *Holiday Greetings all Year Round menu
    • What is Christmas About?
    • The "W" in Christmas
    • That Shiny Nose
    • More Holiday Music Videos
    • Review: Christmas Show at the Gaylord Palms
    • Host an International Student for the Christmas Break
  • 7. ReviewsClick to open the 7. Reviews menu
    • St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Savannah, Georgia
    • Religulous by Bill Maher
    • Villa Mirabella - book
    • We Cry Out / Jesus Culture - music
    • Confessions of a Shopaholic - movie
    • Christmas Shows at the Gaylord Palms - entertaiment
    • The Big Kahuna - movie
    • Jumper - movie
    • Inception - movie
    • Temple Grandin - movie
  • 8. Story: Christian Stepfordville, Book One: Fire and IceClick to open the 8. Story: Christian Stepfordville, Book One:  Fire and Ice menu
    • Part I: A New Season
    • Part II: Christian Stepfordville
    • Part III: Close Encounters
    • Part IV: Friend or Foe?
    • Part V: A Delicious Awakening
    • Part VI: This Masquerade
    • Part VII: A Glimpse Behind the Veil
    • Part VIII: What to Make of it?
    • Part IX: Under the Influence
    • Part X: The Revolutionary
    • Part XI: Reuben
    • Part XII: A Table for Two
    • Part XIII: JC
    • Part XIV: Alex
    • Part XV: Wake Up Call
    • Part XVI: The Dance
    • Part XVII: The Recruit
    • Part XVIII: Growing Pains
    • Part XIX: The Law, To Protect and Serve
    • Part XX: A Radiant Covering
    • Part XXI: Jim
    • Part XXII: Contemplations
    • Part XXIII Hope Floats
    • Part XXIV: Reality Check
    • Part XXV: The Sower and the Seed
    • Part XXVI: Out of the Comfort Zone
    • Part XXVII: The Promise, The Problem, and Uncertainty
    • Part XXVIII: Meeting the Boys
    • Part XXIX: The Master's Touch
    • Part XXX: The Mark of Maturity
    • Part XXXI: Camille
    • Part XXXII: Bible Reading
    • Part XXXIII: Where's Your Faith?
    • Part XXXIV: Angela
    • Part XXXV: The Prognosis
    • Part XXXVI: A New Start
    • Part XXXVII: Dinner Invitation
    • Part XXXVIII: The Deep
    • Part XXXIX: The Receiver
    • Part XL: Dance Lessons
    • Part XLI: A Genuine Proverbs 31 Woman
    • Part XLII: Letting the Cat out of the Bag
    • Part XLIII: LIght and Darkness
    • Part XLIV: Fair Play
    • Part: XLV: Motives
    • Part XLVI: Bilingual Lessons
    • Part XLVII: Where to go from Here?
    • Part XLVIII: The Confessional Booth
  • 8b. Christian Stepfordville, Book Two: Loving God and Loving NeighborClick to open the 8b. Christian Stepfordville, Book Two:  Loving God and Loving Neighbor menu
    • Part I: Who's Calling?
    • Part II: A Rebel Without a Cause
    • Part III: The Importance of, "In the Beginning..."
  • 9. En EspanolClick to open the 9. En Espanol menu
    • Lucha de Alimento
    • ¿Son Marte y Venus Realmente Que Diferente?
    • Curso Intensivo
    • Cuando La Risa Se Convierte En Horribles
    • Hasta su final de Cereales, Alimentación de Migas
  • 10. Jo's CornerClick to open the 10. Jo's Corner menu
    • A Getaway with the Lord in Savannah, Georgia
    • Stalking the Divine
    • Robin's Egg Blue Eyes
    • Dating the Lord
    • His Awesome Craftmanship
    • More Signs of New LIfe
    • Signs of New Life
    • Seeing the Flip Side of it all
    • Vision
    • Wind Surfing
    • Prayer, a Precious Gift Indeed
    • In Touch with our femininity
  • 11. Scriptures, Quotes, and Prayers
  • 12. Art Gallery featuring Henry JackmanClick to open the 12.  Art Gallery featuring Henry Jackman menu
    • An Interview with Henry Jackman
  • 13. Media Center: Sermons and MusicClick to open the 13. Media Center:  Sermons and Music menu
    • Music Videos, Page 1 of 2
    • Music Videos, Page 2 of 2
  • 14. Free Products
  • 15. Contact Us
  • 16. AnnouncementsClick to open the 16. Announcements menu
    • 16b. Upcoming Christian Art Show
  • 17. Links

 

     As this story progresses it may hold surprises for some.  Its intentions are NOT to look down on each other but to help identify issues that may arise in our progressive journeys into the full stature of Christ.  Additionally, to help us understand the limitations of a surface and partial view. 

     If you share with others, please refer them to www.ambassadorsforJesus5.com for updates, additions, questions and comments.  The vision I now have for this story is larger than I had initially seen it.  It will undergo changes, additions, and whatever else I think may be necessary to best communicate what I would like to as I continue to prayerfully work on it.  Thank you. 

© 2011, Joanne Prieto

Terms of use: This work can be distributed, as long as it is distributed FOR FREE (although a link to the website will be much appreciated). No one is to sell any portion of it (not for profit) for any usage in any form, except how the copyright holder deems acceptable. That said, I've spent numberous hours and days prayerfully writing this book for the benefit of the body of Christ as the LORD would use it (a good deal of a year or more has been dedicated to getting it in print). If you have benefitted from it in one way or another, and can afford it, do seriously consider showing your gratitude by ordering a hardcopy (for yourself or another) which will be available soon (currently undergoing editing). The monetary compensation will help me out. If you'd prefer to just send an offering, email me. No offering is too small. I could use it and it would be much appreciated. This in no means is an obligation to weigh you down with, but a hope that you will consider the sacrifice put into it, and the sacrifice in not charging, and as an expression of gratitude allow the Lord to use you to bless me in turn. And if it has blessed you and you feel you have nothing to give in return as an expression of gratitude, think again. A word of thanks will be cherished and a blessing to me too.  

And most of all, thank the Lord and go to Him for confirmation. I don't claim to have all the finer details right, but I feel good with where I am at (not complacent, but good). I'm also a firm believer that we shouldn't buy into anything at heart until we find it confirmed to us by the Lord's Spirit. So don't just take my Word for it, go to Him.

 

Ready? 

Grab your popcorn and settle in for the ride. 

Here we go...

 

 Christian Stepfordville

The Hijacking of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

 

 

 

For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. ~Romans 11:32

 

 Book 1:  Fire and Ice

 

Written by 

jo@ambassadorsforJesus5.com

 

Proverbs 7:4-10

  Say to wisdom, "You are my sister,"
       and call understanding your kinsman;

  they will keep you from the adulteress,
       from the wayward wife with her seductive words.

  At the window of my house
       I looked out through the lattice.

  I saw among the simple,
       I noticed among the young men,
       a youth who lacked judgment.

  He was going down the street near her corner,
       walking along in the direction of her house

  at twilight, as the day was fading,
       as the dark of night set in.

  Then out came a woman to meet him,
       dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.

 

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Credits

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Throughout the years I've accumulated alot of photos and gif files, and have lost track of where I originally attained them.  I have been careful about using those that contained no, or limited, limitations on their usage.  If you find a photo or gif file here that contains any copyright infringments, please let me know.

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jo@ambassadorsforjesus5.com