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Yes ByGrace, I’m very biased when it comes to defending the poor and oppressed. Nothing to do with being politically conservative or liberal, but with being a Christian. Over here in Germany even the most politically conservative Christians granted church asylum to refugees and spoke out against...

I compared their budget-proposals, and noted that Trump ran on the promise of spending less than his predecessor but then suggested to spend more. What’s biased about that? As somebody who doesn’t like hypocrisy you may also want to compare the number of hours each President spent playing golf...

You haven’t heard of Muslims condemning Islamic terrorism? Maybe this site can help you burst your filter bubble: Muslims Condemn And it stands to reason that Muslims condemn it. Don’t forget most victims of Islamic terrorism are actually Muslim themselves. My new Muslim neighbours, who had to...

??? I’m biased because I check out facts? So you don’t believe anybody is in genuine need in the US? Really? Or are you just willing to deprive all single mothers and their children of food stamps, proper medical care and free education, just in order to weed out some few scoundrels who may...

As I said: “Allah” is just the Arab word for “God”. Just like “Gott” is the German word for “God”. But you’ve got a point here: Members of the KKK may call themselves Christian and may call their God “God”, but I’m pretty sure that they don’t believe in the same one God that I believe in. So I...

Government spending: so far it seems Trump spends more than Obama did (Compare Congress' Enacted Budget to Trump and Obama's Requests) and his tax cut for the rich will raise the deficit enormously. With his style of foreign policy you may add the likely cost of even more wars. Entitlements...

Surely you know that “Allah” is just the Arab word for "God” and that Arab speaking Christians pray to “Allah” also. That said, I’ve met quite a few Muslims in the past year and none of them have sought to kill or convert me to their beliefs about the one God there is. Of course I’d like to...

So what problems do you want to have solved and how do you think Trump will solve them? As of yet I just see him creating new problems and exacerbating old ones. Of course it’s quite likely that you and I get our news from different sources and regard the other’s sources as ‘fake’ and...

… the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, my local protestant pastor and probably many more pastors around the world reminded us that the Baby Jesus Himself was a refugee. The Bible keeps telling us that we are to show love and kindness to those in need. So why is it that so many American...

Actually AlQuaida and ISIS are both Sunni. But you are right that it doesn’t really matter anyway: There’s good and bad Sunnis and good and bad Shiites just as there are good and bad Catholics and good and bad Protestants … . The Samaritans were despised by the Jews Jesus preached to, because...

„Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place."“ (John 18:36) „Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.”...

What the Lord said was: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” (Mt. 5:9) He also said: “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and...

Well, it seems you and I agree in some points and disagree in other points you make here: Any Christian who takes the commandment not to bear false witness seriously – and I take it you do – should indeed be outraged by Trump and his lot who tell blatant lies and then try to defame the media...

Far be it from me to be patriotic, but it seems to have escaped you that German theological scholarship as done in world renowned theological faculties such as Marburg, Tübingen, Münster, etc. is still held in high esteem among those who are into the academic study of theology. Also you seem...

First of all: sorry for the late answer, I rarely get around to have a look into this forum these days. It seems we disagree on quite a lot of things here, but let’s start with something that we agree on: that God wants to be and is the absolute sovereign of everything. Does God favour monarchy...

Well, I’m not attached to any specific economic system, but Matthew 6:19-21, Matthew 6:24, Matthew 19:21, Luke 6:24, Luke 12:15, Acts 4:32-35, Hebrews 13:5, 1 Timothy 6:9-10 give me reason to think that God does not necessarily want us to be capitalists. Somehow verses such as 1 Corinthians...

Question is: Was it truly Christian or was it merely hypocritical?

Some of you may have wondered why I haven’t been posting for quite a while. It’s not because I grew tired of you guys, but because shortly before Christmas my husband and I got very exciting news: we are going to be foster parents soon. So since Christmas we’ve been frantically busy getting our...

Wow, you keep surprising me, Stan! Given our previous discussions I would have thought that regarding anything in the Bible as hyperbole or mere anthropomorphism is much more down my alley than yours. Contrary to Stranger I agree with you that a lot in the Bible is just that, but that the...

Not so much work at all. Here’s the translation of a hymn I can’t stop humming these days “Tochter Zion”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLrSFZzfouk 1. Zion's daughter, O rejoice! Shout aloud, Jerusalem! Lo, thy King doth come to thee, Yea, He comes, the Prince of Peace! Zion's daughter, O...