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The answer is self-evidently "yes." It says it right there. In fact many more verses could probably be produced serving this point. Let me think... Psalm 1:1 says "Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in...

On some Scripture being more inspired than others: I don't actually think you're wrong on this. Some Scripture is more "to the point" than others. Yes the book of Numbers is divinely inspired and so is St. John's Gospel, but seriously: St. John's Gospel leads you more directly to Christ than the...

I think therapeutic modifications (like the HIV one) are just medicine and so are justified and therefore are gifts of God. Misuse would be a designer baby, cosmetic stuff for no just reason, or trying to "transcend humanity" (transhumanism). Here is what Scripture says on medicine: Honor...

I know of no doctrine like this. If this is what Catholics here are saying I'd recommend ignoring them all. All of that is false doctrine contradicted by the Scriptures.

Euthanasia to me is simply suicide. Although it is to be distinguished from simply not preventing death or avoiding pain via a treatment which may cause death as an unintended side-effect. But to directly seek euthanasia is contrary to God's will for it says in Scripture "seek not death." Not to...

It depends on the context. In Acts 2, Luke 21, Luke 17, Luke 11, Matthew 23, and Matthew 12 the generation has passed. Mark 8 I would say has passed also but still has current application, in that it is a sin to deny the Lord. The Psalms as usual have a spiritual application to us, but also...

None of that happened Billy, so you can sleep well now.

That fish tattoo is very cool. Honestly if it becomes generally normalized again and people cease thinking it's somehow "not a Christian thing to do" I'd like seeing stuff like that, and of course the examples you gave in the thread of Christian tats. I am still too personally indecisive for 'em...

Both are important, but reason I think would have a dominant role as sometimes the heart in a fallen man can be mistaken and have attachments it should not have. This is possible for reason also but it is less so. I think Christians belong to both in that order because of the example Jesus gave...

God has killed everyone who will ever die. From Job: "And thinkest thou that the Lord will do wrong, or will the Almighty who made the earth wrest judgment? And who is he that made the whole world under heaven, and all things therein? For if he would confine, and restrain his spirit with...

Adding to this since perhaps it is useful for the thread, St. Thomas Aquinas has this short beautiful work I will quote from called "This is the Book," it is on the glory of Sacred Scripture and what it does/gives, here is just the most direct portions on this from that work "Hic Est Liber/This...

I would begin with ignoring the most of the Scriptures and focusing on the history and proofs that it gives concerning (a) the authorship of the Gospels, (b) the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and (c) the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Saints. (a) When one looks at all the earliest records it...

A mix of things including but not limited to: the Saints being given to rejoice in judgment in the Psalter, God ordering the destruction of various groups through the OT, the Lord Jesus destroying Jerusalem, and the doctrine of just war. Depending on the passage it is possible that God did not...

The point of the Jesus Prayer isn't to just be justified, they do not deny justification through faith. Moreover the Eastern Orthodox Church (the main monks who say this prayer are not Roman Catholic but Eastern Orthodox, which is entirely different) has a theology around it you can read here.

That's the prayer of the heart, it is good for all to practice. Read the works of the desert fathers to learn more and St. Mark the Ascetic, St. Hesychios the Priest, St. Isaiah the Solitary and St. Nikiphoros the Monk for more information. Also St. John Cassian's Conferences and St. John...