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Hi Enoch111, I think this is close to where I am coming from (and summed up better). Thanks... Sorry for the confusion Angelina. I think Enoch111 summed it up better, but as a rough example let's say that there is a minister out there that is claiming that they heal in Jesus name. However...

Hi @Rita and @Angelina Thanks for your replies. And sorry for the confusion. To clarify - No - I am definitely not saying anyone who prays in Jesus name for healing that receives one is not authentic. On the contrary - we are told to pray for the sick, and I'm convinced that God can perform...

I was having a discussion with someone close to me the other day. The claim that was put forward was this: If someone in ministry prays for someone else to get healed in the name of Jesus - and that person is healed - that the person could only be healed in Jesus name if that's what was prayed...

I don't know what Trump's plans are, and I do know he makes a lot of mistakes, but my hope is that there's a deeper plan at work here. Maybe the thought is - Jump on it quickly and deal with this one instance, and then have more again in the near future, vs let it play out and allow people to...

Oh how I wish evolution was the big problem with public schools these days. Now we have schools introducing information on sex at too young ages - and that misinformation about sex - encouraging kids that they should experiment to find out what sexual orientation they are. Abstinence not even...

I have been challenged recently - to pray before writing a response, and to pray again before hitting the post button on this forum. I'm struggling with this challenge at the moment (Sometimes I forget and then am convicted) - but I only want to post things that I can stand before God with a...

Man alive - it is so hard to practice Proverbs 24:17 at a time like this! Being glad something I really struggle with at the moment with that - not because bad has happened - but because their own foolishness has come back on them instead of an innocent person. I'm not for violence or what...

Thanks for responding to my questions @Pneuma, and explaining your views further. If I have it right - I think your reply reveals to me in part why you believe the way you do. If I was to accept the logic that Adam and Eve were doomed from the start because it was God's will that they sin, and...

Hi @Brakelite2, Thanks for your reply. If sinners don't suffer in Hades, or Gahanna, at which point do you believe they suffer? The rest of my response would still stand to reflect my understanding and thoughts, just that I misunderstood your perspective on #4. :)

Hi @Brakelite2, Thanks for sharing that with me. I'm humbled that you took the time to read through my extensive response to Helen! I admit, I struggle with #4. It sounds great from my limited perspective as a human (no actual suffering for my non-christian friends) - except that it denies...

Hi Pneuma, To try and help me understand where you are coming from (if you would) - I have a few questions I was hoping you wouldn't mind answering, because I'm struggling to understand how you can come to your perspective through scripture. (I'm happy for @Helen and @Rita to join in too - but...

(PART 4) If you're still reading -thank you so much for taking the time out to read my lengthy reply (which in honesty - is short considering my full testimony :)). I will not try to convince you otherwise of your belief. Being honest - I couldn't even say if what I believe is 100% true...

(Part 3) Since then I have observed all sorts of "leading by the spirit" in our Church I question greatly. The most recent example of this where 4 pastors plus other men with great faith (who I believe are all genuine in their belief) - claimed they have heard from The Holy Spirit something...

(PART 2) I come from a place of growing up in a Christian family. My whole life (almost) has been spent in church. The church I was attending for the majority of my life up until very recently was charismatic pentecostal. To cut a extremely long testimony short (as short as I can) to only focus...

Hi Helen, Thanks very much for your generous and gracious response to my post. No - I don't believe we have conversed directly before, but I have liked much of what I have seen from you. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply in such detail (especially at 2:30 in the morning, and that...

and in that same link: I am seeing my prayers answered! For a long time now I have been praying that God would remove deception from people who would be saved, and for those who refuse God's mercy and are hell bent on spreading wickedness that they would fall into their own traps, that their...

Good Morning Candidus, I was just wondering if you can please provide a reference for this? As an Australian looking at this from the outside, I'm aware that our laws are much more strict than in the USA in regards to use of force, but from my understanding even here in Australia cops would...

I never had the chance to know Willie. He replied to my introduction thread, we had a few interesting conversations back and forth enough that he really stood out to me as one of the people I was going to love conversing with and having discussions on and I was so looking forward to them. I...

With respect Enoch111 - I seriously doubt that any amount of training will be able to get someone to shoot accurately at a moving limb. If a suspect is still - there is a chance - but even that wouldn't be easy under stressful conditions - - but then again if a suspect is still - there's no...

Hi Helen, I don't know what Christians you are talking to, but I would be willing to go out on a limb and say that anyone who calls themselves a Christian that wants others to suffer eternal torment are not truly saved themselves, as if the love of Christ is in us, the same love that hung Him...