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Well, Genesis 3 would be the starting point. God applied the cover to Adam and Eve for a reason. I mean I think it's a simple matter of applying passages like 1 Peter 3:3-4. If you're doing something that draws attention to oneself, then it becomes an issue. I would not be comfortable with...

We may or may not hold the same meaning when we use cycle, but I definitely agree with you that things are very cyclical in the world. Sometimes it's just a matter of discerning the pattern, which is always the hard part. Either way, welcome to the community! :)

I have a fingerprint reader on my phone now, for crying out loud. :D

Francis' rhetoric seems to be simultaneously drawing some Orthodox into further negotiation and then pushing others away. I don't see them overcoming the papal authority sticking point, and there is still significant disagreement with divorce, the filioque, and other bones of contention.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/opinion/sunday/ross-douthat-the-imitation-of-marriage.html I find Douthat to analyze some of these issues from an interesting perspective. We've proclaimed the freedom of sexual expression as a society, but even the facts continue to bear out that the most...

Welcome Cristian, I hope that Christianity Board will contribute to growing and strengthening your walk with Christ!

A number of clues exist in how Christ expounded upon this topic. First and foremost, I avoid dates, even with men who I otherwise trust like Sir Isaac Newton. That's just dangerous and we all know the stories of people locked in buildings or waiting out in a field for an event that doesn't...

I think this is the thing we don't get as Christianity - and I am speaking collectively. The strongest witness is not the pastor or evangelist leading hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands (or more) in revival. Rather, it's living day-in and day-out with the two greatest commandments in...

In light of the trend to consolidate accounts and with the continued pervasive usage of social media, Christianity Board now supports both Facebook and Twitter logins for accounts. What this means is that you can now create an account with your Facebook or Twitter login, all you have to do is...

If your best argument is that they are calling you names, then it's best you reexamine your argument because that's not really a good one. I also find it almost hilariously funny that you cannot even see the logic of you using every derogatory and pejorative way to describe modern scholars, but...

Tim Challies ended up doing a longer review of it. I know a number of the blog circles were unhappy with it, but these are bloggers. I generally trust Challies, however, to be close enough and trustworthy if something is amiss: http://www.challies.com/articles/the-bestsellers-the-shack...

Thanks for joining! Got Questions is a great resource and we are happy to share links with them. We share an affinity for reading, though with two I struggle to have the time, much less five! I hope to see you around on the boards here. It's a good group of people!

This might be more of a thing here in the states, but we have a lot of mission trips where the money is raised to send someone, and then when they go you see nothing but pictures of beaches and tourist destinations on their profiles. The actual missions composition of the trip involves maybe a...

Tony Morgan posted this listicle on his blog today. I realize these listings are often overdone, but I found myself nodding to a couple of these. I further found myself maybe wanting to challenge some of them only to realize that he has a point. Any of these stick out to you...

I think it comes from the focal point of the worship. Protestants are less ritual oriented, meaning many Protestants (myself likely included here) would argue that the service is more about heart than action. However, I know of a number of Protestants who kneel in private prayer because of the...

Welcome Marcus! We're focusing more on the meaning of Christmas this year as a family, as our first son is now 2.5 and able to understand a few things I think. That alone is creating joy in our household. Hope that you have a blessed Christmas, and glad to have you here at CB! See you around on...

I find it anachronistic to paint our views of society back upon the period of time encompassing King Saul and later King David.This theory fails to acknowledge that feminie language and imagery was used of both God himself and Jesus at times, and it did not necessarily mean there was romance or...

Seems like a bit of a low view of God in that you have to tell him what happened.

Well, isn't that where Christian perfectionism drives you when you really think about it? The key is the general emphasis on willing sin as in Wesley's case. Wesley more or less said that one could sin where one wasn't aware of sinning and there wasn't much we could do or even be held...

I guess the real questions are did she like it and how did you present it to her? Short and simple, and congratulations on your marriage anniversary which I am assuming this was written for.