Recent content by Bob

Thank you for your commments. ”Overabundance of sin” had not occurred to me, but you might be on to something. They might could be weighted down by a guilty conscience, and not know about God’s overflowing grace and love. If there exists a Christian ministry for the suicidal, that could a clue...

The long downward slide by the United Methodist church continues with their recent sanctioning of LBGT… marriage, including clergy. The Babylon Bee could not resist a poke at them, suggesting it was now up to African Methodists to bring the true gospel to America...

Jesus had compassion for lost sheep, and commanded His disciples to seek them and give them hope (e.g., Matthew 25: 36–“I was in prison and you visited me,” and thus Kairos Prison Ministry). Surely, those contemplating suicide are also among the lost sheep. Does anyone have experience with...

Thank you for your response. Let us examine the characteristics of Love Thy Neighbor because it is much more than any social gospel or unity or finding common ground. 1: caring and sharing—each of us has a personal responsibility to help those in need, not as a duty but cheerfully, with...

Thanks for the information. Haven’t tried olive oil, but certainly will now. In the past, “tanglefoot” worked fine for each summer. You deliberately feed ants? Wow! (Ours must make do with the drips from the main feeder, when larger birds land.) Blessings.

Bravo! In desert southwest, we feed them throughout the year. Four species: Anna’s, Costa’s, broad-billed, black-chinned. Females will sip together; males are territorial. Gila woodpeckers and various finches also sip the (home-made) nectar. In the late summer and into fall, migrating...

Thank you for your question. But, does it matter? Suppose 99% of the people on Earth practiced Love Thy Neighbor (and the remaining 1% were neutralized: might FOR right). Would any other disagreements be significant? Isn’t God pleased when people live in harmony with each other and are...

Thank you for your question. Here is another perspective: some people (aka secularists) believe that the universe solely consists of the materials and energy we can observe and measure, and there is no reason to suppose otherwise. To them, we live in a chaotic world with no discernible...

Thank you for the response. So, we are born fallen but we also are born with a sense of integrity? Sort of like the devil and an angel striving for control inside us? Ok, maybe. Or, could it be that God gave us the ability to learn His expectations (and His promises), just as we a born...

Thank you for your comment, with which I agree. But: why do you suppose some pagan cultures practiced some version of Love Thy Neighbor, and others were authoritarian, hierarchal, and oppressive? Since we are all fallen, would we not expect all pagan cultures to eventually be in the latter...

In Acts 28: 1 - 7, the Apostle Paul describes (after being shipwrecked on Malta), how the pagan islanders showed them unusual kindness and generous hospitality. Elsewhere (Romans 2: 14,15), Paul noted that even though the gentiles do not know the law (of Moses), they behave as if it were written...

According to anthropologists (not necessarily shared by devotees of this forum), modern Homo Sapiens (us) evolved from physical Homo Sapiens (not yet spiritually touched by God), who evolved from Homo Erectus, who evolved from Homo Habilis, . . . . In any event, I believe God is intimately...

Just as there had to be a first dachshund, a first siamese cat, . . ., there had to be a first man and a first woman, the ancestors of all humans. (Did Homer write the Iliad? Well, if not him, than perhaps another person with the same name.)

Agreed. Perhaps if he was on the way to a seminar denouncing Christian beliefs, and a flash of light blinded him, and he heard a voice saying, “Richard, Richard, why are you persecuting me . . . .” According to Pastor Alister Begg, Christopher Hitchens admitted he clung fast to atheism because...

Thanks for responding. If he hasn’t repented, perhaps he deserves continued scorn. About the only thing we would agree on is the best society to live in (otherwise, ”stick to two topics: your health and the weather”). My perspective: recall that in Romans 2: 14-15, Paul observed that pagan...