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Big question. This question bubbles up a lot lately. I think the somewhat vapid worship songs of today are bringing it to the forefront. I am not 100% convinced that just returning to slightly older hymns is even the best way to worship. To me, worship implies enjoyment of what one is...

Interesting articles Axe. I actually had a chance to meet the guys from Hortonworks last week at a local Open Source conference (POSSCON).Interesting stuff. I didn't sit in on their sessions, but my buddies did and they said the concept was definitely both exciting and workable, though even...

The country was born out of similar such relationships in the Revolutionary War when revolution was preached from the pulpit. I'm unconvinced that this is as novel and subversive as a few would make it seem.

I agree with the above, if it were as simple as that, then we'd not have overlapping Orthodox jurisdictions here in the US nor would we have the struggles, though often minimized, that pit "the nuns" vs the Pope or the conservatives, etc. That said, I still admire things about both Churches in...

More or less this is where the current trends are going. Just look at the various desktop cloud applications like Microsoft 365 and Google Drive. I think eventually we will pretty much return to the original model of you "renting" space on another machine, with the change being that it will be...

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Query. How does one distinguish between a "target" versus addressing a topic that is decidedly ubiquitous and popular?

I don't know, wasn't there a prominent pastor here in the states who "needed" the newest, most expensive private jet there is? It seems like Christianity is prone to lurch between the poverty and prosperity gospels when I am not sure that the message of the NT Church, particularly passages in...

Thank you both for the kind words! I went ahead and formally updated the rules as well as the rules thread. Again, there will be a 30-day grace period from the time of this thread for all current members where no warnings or bans will be issued for a violation of these new rules.

Scot McKnight: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2015/04/06/did-jesus-talk-about-homosexuality/

Where was this at Rocky?

Guys, we have to be a little bit honest here. A member is free to hold the position of Luther, Calvin, Zwingli and other Reformers on a Protestant forum. This would not fall in the realm of an insult since it's directed at an institution as much as anything. I could break out the Catholic...

Well, Lewis and Chesterton are two of my favorites, though admittedly I've not read all of Chesterton's books yet. The Lewis quote about mud pies always strikes a chord with me when I see it. I read McGrath's biography on him, and it was interesting to learn more about the person. I did not even...

Glad we could help. I think the whole thing may get a redesign but that's my problem and not yours. ;)

Keeth, welcome to Christianity Board and thanks for the compliment! We hope this definitely is a place to share and test for all of our members. There are a lot of good folks here and some good fruit. I am grateful to God each day to learn from such a diverse and blessed group. Hopefully I'll...

With it being the spring time here in the United States, we thought it worthwhile to begin to take another look at our Christianity Board forum rules to see what we can do to help bring clarity and God-honoring conduct to the community. The team, myself included, noted that we had one area in...

Well, you're free to continue to make that slippery slope assertion fallacy, of course, but it is precisely germane in that it's not been "proven" in the empirical sense. That piece was merely skipped over and presumed with the supposition that science will one day catch up. I'm not here to...

Well, I mean is this not the byproduct of biasing the material over everything else? I'd back up a minute to a topic that has all but been totally routed in the wider culture. Sex prior to marriage. The language these days all centers around words and phrases like "consent," "consenting...

Once I make the change, it's CSS-based which translates to it being retroactive. It updated, but it's still not dark enough. It displays much more darkly on my Mac but doesn't do so well on this Windows box I am on. I'll darken it further. And no, the 1 Peter 3:15 is a custom signature color...

Daniel, I am not a fan of bbpress/buddypress. However, I first think you should decide if you want a forum style community interaction or do you want more of a comment section? The former requires more upkeep, because it would need to be moderated more expansively and the interaction is...