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  1. JohnDB

    DOES BELIEF THAT ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED MEAN WE CAN SIN?

    Psalms 66 17I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue. 18 If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; 19 but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.
  2. JohnDB

    Processed Foods

    We can't seem to get away from them anymore. From spaghetti sauce in a jar to even the spaghetti noodles....we cannot eat anymore without it being processed before we purchase it. If you have a garden....you might get a few side dishes....or a salad. But the choices are extremely limited...
  3. JohnDB

    Should We Be Forcing Education On Children?

    A post secondary education program of some sort is very important. But scholastic achievement is not necessarily the best option or has the best career opportunities anymore. "Office work" is not paying what it once did and many jobs are now obsolete or soon will be as AI will be tapped to...
  4. JohnDB

    Smoke weed

    Chemical dependency is not just a physical addiction but an emotional one. Meaning that alcohol, Marijuana and etc can leave you unable to deal with ordinary life stresses. That's right! A trip to the local grocery store can end up being more than you can emotionally manage. Totally...
  5. JohnDB

    Is the story of Noah literal?

    Noah, animals were not on the ark for one year....a total of three and a half years. (However long a year was) it's stated in Hebrew poetic language similar to other passages but essentially "a time, two times, and half a time." But in a completely difficult fashion. (Ancient Hebrew....go...
  6. JohnDB

    Is the Bible polytheistic? - Are there many gods, or only one?

    Correct... The Israelites were worshipping a God of their own creation instead of the One who really is. (And much smaller than the One that saved them) And so, God had to purify them once again so such notions could be curbed. Forty years later the Israelites were so well disciplined...
  7. JohnDB

    Nitrogen! (in gardening)

    Acid vx base soil conditions. That's a LOT of things right there. People think all kinds of things....but the PH condition of the soils means a lot too. People have used 10-10-10 on gardens for a long time. But that doesn't mean the lime is bio available immediately....it can require 10...
  8. JohnDB

    Is the Bible polytheistic? - Are there many gods, or only one?

    Perception is reality.... It's a philosophy that the Scriptures addresses. And why God's name is "I AM/Will Be/Have Been" However, either you(who is error prone and sinful) can create your afterlife, or God, who is loving and perfect, can do it. You choose. Whose is going to be better?
  9. JohnDB

    Is it prideful or arrogant to claim to be "born again"?

    No.... 1Peter is the book that refers to this. Not John 3. And it's a reference to the new family if friends you gain by becoming a Christian. Caste based society vx a Roman and post-modern Westernized ideals based society. We don't have many Caste based societies anymore. (John 3 is...
  10. JohnDB

    Five reasons why you aren't a "true" Christian - Are you toast?

    I'm toast because I binge. I don't study an hour every day.... But I get roughly 16-20 hrs a week. I don't get to witness often anymore because I'm retarded....er I mean retired. So I don't have access to people like I used to. I miss a few services our church offers....but I am there...
  11. JohnDB

    Five reasons why you aren't a "true" Christian - Are you toast?

    A man made test.....it cannot compete with Jesus's test. Because the Pharisees passed all man-made tests of faithfulness to God with flying colors. However....Jesus says " Away from me you doers of iniquity, I never knew you" And most certainly the Pharisees had a track record of following...
  12. JohnDB

    What Is the Significance of the Seven Churches in Revelation?

    Blessed are the holy of heart for they shall see God. There are none so blind as they who refuse to see. (Sir Arthur Cannon Doyle) "I played a harp and you refused to dance, I played a flute and you refused to cry."
  13. JohnDB

    Christian Christmas

    There are those who groan about Christmas and all the extra expense and secularism surrounding the holiday.... But a dirty little secret is that it's not about them. It's for those of us who can use it as license to give without a thin film of an excuse .... because we have Christmas to use...
  14. JohnDB

    Finally decorated for Christmas...how about you?

    That one is of family friends Gingerbread house party. The family one is much messier. LoL. This year, because we recently moved, we don't have the friend Gingerbread party....got a family one though. Big huge family Gingerbread party with lots of houses, candy and all the usual stuff to...
  15. JohnDB

    A Call for Calm

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    Favorite Christmas Recipe

    Home made caramels.... 2 cups heavy cream (divided into 2 single cups) 1 cup butter 2 Cups sugar ½ Cup light corn syrup. Vanilla extract. Take one cup of cream and everything but the extract and put in a heavy bottomed SS pot. Heat to boiling while constantly stirring using a silicone rubber...
  17. JohnDB

    Favorite Christmas Recipe

    What sounds better than goodies homemade at Christmas? Nothing storebought! So you wanna share?
  18. JohnDB

    Christian Christmas