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I figured as much, but surely you can see that most Christians aren't able to make these distinctions. It could be that when you use a generalization like "the church," it has some people thinking you're lumping them in the same way they're identifying you with "the LGBT community." The...

Hi, Aunty! God in Christ just made it holy full stop. It was the first thing that was specifically mentioned in the Bible to be made holy by God Himself. And for some strange reason, that idea is lost on 99% of Christians. There is no Sabbath dispensation—just like there's no...

Well, Steve, it looks like you've been a very busy boy. :) I think this creates a barrier of misunderstanding for some folks that you'll likely have to shoulder. You asked someone if they thought LGBT folks were deserving of death. Whether you mean now or later or both is a difficulty that...

I know a lot of it is just carrying on family traditions or believing whatever some nice person taught you when you were down and out, but for so many online debaters it just seems like an endless round of "What's the least I can do in terms of obedience?" or "How can I get around this thing...

Why should non-English speaking folks have to depend on any English text if they have a decent native translation available to them? I'm not sure what your point is here, H. :hearteyes: .

"The LORD knows all about it." That's something my grandmother used to tell me. I still get a lot of mileage out of it. She taught me how to forgive like Jesus does. It's much easier to do when you learn as a child and don't have so much practice doing it another way. I've told the story a few...

@Wrangler I guess I don't have to tell you that forgiveness and serving as a doormat aren't the same thing. :hearteyes: .

You gotta go with what the Spirit gives you. Especially if you're studious and prayerful. ;) :hearteyes: .

God will get us to praying one way or another, it seems. My shrink tried to tell me for years how toxic my wife's family is but we kept thinking 5th commandment (which we still don't regret). Mother-in-law died from COVID 3 years ago and Father-in-law has dementia so bad he tells the same...

I think we must be related. Things are pretty calm under my own roof but, the rest of our family (on both sides)? Forget it. Not happy unless they're gutting somebody. I know relating like this doesn't heal the hurt, though, so I'm still listening and praying, my friend. :) :hearteyes: .

I believe "astronomy" is the word you're looking for, Zig, which is not a belief system, but a science. Hugs :hearteyes: .

Lone Wolf anti-denominationalism may serve to stroke the ego well enough but it doesn't do much in the way of getting the mission and ministry of the church done according to God's design. .

The most quoted researcher in the world (link) says this is the number one problem in the world: (The lecture begins at 12:30)

This implies that Old Testament-era believers obeyed the Ten Commandments as "a carnal effort done as a work to earn right standing with the Lord," which, aside from being desperately redundant, is remarkably absurd considering that righteousness by faith is cited everywhere in the Old...

I hear you loud and clear but Adolf Hitler possessed honesty in what he believed until the very end. The Christian is called and taught by Example to love the unlovable, for which BBJ qualifies marvelously in this setting. He is probably a lot easier to get along with in person but, here, he...

All sinners need help—repentant or unrepentant.

This is awful.

Kind of like "Solar Years?" Come on, Jay. The fun thing about pluralism is that everyone can call anyone a goofball and be right. I forgot—it's only "rhetoric" doctrine if the red-haired ("SDA") kid says it. John Wesley subscribed to the prophetic day-for-a-year principle. He wrote about the...

TinMan put the last nail in his coffin with this post, I believe: (It has disappeared except as you have here quoted it.) I didn't report it myself, but when he disappeared, I went looking through his history and found it. He had made many enemies and I'm sure someone was very pleased to find...

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