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I don't consider myself to be a Dispensationalist.

The five-fold ministries in the Church are analogous to the Levites, in many ways.

Even though we are not obligated to wash our hands [Matthew 15:1-11], may we still wash our hands and benefit from doing so?

This wasn't a third-party phenomenon generated by our presence. It was the status quo for the area. In 1950, American vice president, Richard M. Nixon stepped off of his plane in Brazil flashing his usual V (for Victory) sign. He did not know that in Brazil it was an offensive gesture like the...

We considered this person to be a friend, so we had no reason to presume the latter.

She was shocked by it (but it was good to know).

@farouk , only the stuff that the deceased was allowed to take with them... ;)

A local counselor explained it to my wife. She knew that we weren't born in this area (so she wasn't calling my wife a whore). But among the locals, they were known as "whore hoops."

@farouk , "Yum" is just a collected smiley, not my own work. I save* them from other forums that I am on (or was on before they were closed). I have modified three of them, though. *When you see a smiley that you like, right-click on it and save it to your computer. Then upload your copy to a...

I have never seen that criteria in my Bible. What book did your friend write?

I don't attend prosperity-focused churches. Malachi 3 gives a framework and I have seen God keep its promise to bless the remainder of my finances (compared to before I knew to tithe). I am still hovering at the poverty line but have a credit rating of 800. (And we had a bankruptcy 16 years ago.)

Agreed. And tithing is honored.

(I read about it in The National Geographic, I think... ;))

Are ear piercings fully acceptable for both genders? Biblically speaking, yes. Are ear piercings fully accepted for both genders? It depends on the community. Just in our small town, a woman wearing hoop earrings is thought to signify availability as a whore.

There is a restaurant in Rio De Janeiro called The Grill From Ipanema...

It's Not What You Know (It's Who You Know), The Whites (1988)

A minister, a priest and a rabbi went for a hike one very hot day. They were sweating profusely by the time they came upon a small lake with a sandy beach. Since it was a secluded spot, they left all their clothes on a big log, ran down the beach to the lake and jumped in the water for a long...

I believe that some OT practices are still beneficial even if they are not spiritual requirements, like hand-washing, kosher diet, and prophylactic male circumcision, etc. They are only legalism if you do them in an attempt to satisfy Judaic Law. After Pasteur et al., everybody learned the...

@Behold , there is tithing and there is giving. I don't believe that God compels Christians to tithe under threat of punishment, but He still blesses the tithe. I don't expect God to make me a millionaire because I tithe, but I do expect Him to --and have seen Him-- make the other 90% go...