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  1. RenewedStrength316

    Deliverance from the Deepest Darkness — My War with Porn

    This isn’t a testimony for the faint of heart. This is for the ones who’ve been to the edge. Who didn’t just “struggle with porn,” but got swallowed whole by it. I wasn’t curious—I was consumed. I didn’t just fall—I descended. Into gay porn. Into beastiality. Into the filth that nobody talks...
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    Caught in porn

    Brother, thank you for your honesty. Your testimony struck something deep in me, because I’ve walked that same valley. Porn addiction doesn’t just stain behavior—it hijacks identity, poisons worship, and builds a wall between us and the voice of God. What makes your words so powerful is that...
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    From Broken to Battle-Ready — My Unfiltered Testimony

    I was twelve when hell came home. My stepfather, an abusive, alcoholic cop, deliberately brought pornography into our house. He didn’t stumble—it was calculated. He aimed to shatter innocence. He succeeded. I was never a leader in church. I didn’t carry spiritual authority or walk in light. I...
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    Jeremiah 1 and the Modern Church — A Call to Wake Up

    “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” — Jeremiah 1:5 “See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.” —...
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    THE CHURCH IS NOT THE BRIDE OF CHRIST

    Sister, I appreciate the question and the desire to rightly divide the Word of truth. This isn’t just theological curiosity—it’s about understanding who we are in Christ, what He’s done, and what He’s preparing us for. So let’s not treat it lightly. You asked if the Church, which is the Body of...
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    THE CHURCH IS NOT THE BRIDE OF CHRIST

    You're absolutely right—ἐκκλησία (ekklesia) is grammatically feminine in Greek. That’s not just a linguistic quirk—it carries theological weight, especially when we connect it to the imagery of the Church as the Bride of Christ. Here’s the breakdown: ἐκκλησία means “assembly” or “called-out...
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    Christ Died for All

    Thanks for your response. I appreciate your tone and the seriousness with which you're thinking about this—but I have to speak plainly and scripturally. What you’ve described isn’t just a different interpretation. It’s a dangerous doctrine that undermines the gospel’s urgency, rewrites the...
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    THE CHURCH IS NOT THE BRIDE OF CHRIST

    Brother, I appreciate your pursuit of truth, but this teaching that “the Church is not the Bride” is a misstep in rightly dividing the Word. It may sound doctrinally clean on paper, but it collapses under the full weight of Scripture. 1. Espousal Means Future Union 2 Corinthians 11:2 isn’t...
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    Churches are failing as we all know.

    You laid out a detailed and thoughtful list. But let’s be honest—most of those are symptoms. The disease runs deeper. Churches are failing not mainly because of culture, but because they’ve forsaken Christ. They’ve traded holiness for hype, truth for trend, and reverence for relevance. And now...
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    Messiah 2030

    Yes—Jesus told us to watch (Matthew 24:42), but He also told us that no one knows the day or hour (Matthew 24:36). That includes 2030, 2040, or any other number someone pulls from a spreadsheet of speculation and says “thus saith the Lord.” We’re not called to guess the calendar, we’re called...
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    Christ Died for All

    I appreciate the effort to highlight the depth of Christ’s ransom and the scope of God’s love, but your post makes several theological leaps that need to be addressed—because when we talk about salvation, we’re not dealing with ideas, we’re dealing with eternal destinies. Yes, God’s love for a...
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    A God of Hate

    Breaking Down “God of Hate” 1. “The LORD is merciful and loving — but that’s far from the whole story.” True. God’s mercy is boundless (Psalm 145:8), but His holiness demands judgment against sin (Habakkuk 1:13). To claim one excludes the other is ignorance of the full counsel of Scripture. God...
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    I live in Southeast Illinois near Lawrenceville

    I live in Southeast Illinois near Lawrenceville
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    Why am I not a Christian?

    I hear your pain, frustration, and honest wrestling. The church has failed many. It has built walls where there should be doors, created rules where there should be grace, and sometimes put men’s traditions above God’s Word. The Bible itself warns us that the body of Christ will be marred by...
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    From Wreckage to Redemption – Grateful to Be Here

    Hello everyone, My name is Shane. I’m a follower of Jesus Christ, a husband, a father, a survivor, and a composer. I come from a background of deep trauma—abuse, addiction, rejection, and religious confusion. I was exposed to pornography at age 12 by a violent stepfather, and for decades, that...