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Seeing that you just claimed to have massively important knowledge that others on this forum don‘t have, that must be woe unto yourself then. So may the Lord have mercy on us all.

Well some conservative Christians’ anti-intellectual stance is extremely worrisome, too, especially when that anti-intellectual stance helps Exxon and Co. getting them to deny climate change. But what bugs me about their stance on social justice is not that it is on the wrong side of science...

1) If abortions had been that secret, we would not know that they were already practised thousands of years ago. Here’s a little overview: http://thoughtcatalog.com/daniel-hayes/2015/08/abortion-facts/ 2) That none of us wants abortions to happen goes without saying. But let’s face it: they...

Here's one I just happened to come across this one yesterday, when i randomly looked for sermons on 1 John. It's by a Baptist guy I hadn't heard of before, but maybe some people here have: Dr. Bob Utley. Actually I found it to be touching on a lot of issues that are discussed in this Forum...

As a woman and as somebody who has worked with girls aged 15-21, I can assure you they are no more angelic than boys are. Asking them to abstain from pre-marital sex is also asking a lot. Most girls will engage in pre-marital sex, and the less they know about it the more likely it is that an...

*irony on* How convenient for Mr. Trump to be reborn just before the election! Of course there is no reason to suspect him of lying about that.* irony off

Don’t direct your rant at me, direct it at the ancient Israelites. They certainly did not value an unborn child the same as a born person. And they dated the beginning of a human life/the endowment with a soul much much later than Gary Johnson does. We know that abortions were practiced in...

The verses I referenced, don’t have anything to do with pagan child sacrifice. They advise ancient Israelites how to find out whether a woman had been cheating on her husband or not. By the sounds of it the “bitter water” that women suspected of adultery were forced to drink would have killed...

No, if anything I think your illustrating story is a bit rotten. At least it misses out on a relevant point: how to best express the gratefulness that we feel for our undeserved salvation. Hence my first comment in this thread. Been there, done that. If you scroll back in our previous...

Oh come on, you can’t be serious! Being a German married to an Englishman I find the Brexit deeply concerning. But it has as much to do with The Book of Revelation as all other world events that people have seen as ‘signs’ for the past 2000 years in which empires have come and gone. So for all...

So how do you know what a ‘true Christian’ should want when it comes to abortion? It’s a topic that’s just not mentioned in the Nicene Creed and the one time the Bible could be seen as mentioning abortion, it seems to be very much in favour of it (Numbers 5:11-31). So I know many Christians...

It bothers me for your sake. Not because I’m worried about your salvation – remember I happen to be a universalist – but because I think you are losing out on the bit of the kingdom of God that we can already have part in in this life. To go back to your opening post’s little story: your car is...

It seems you and I don’t share many political convictions. Fair enough. However, you got me baffled: You are aware that Gary Johnson is pro-choice? Just asking. http://www.ontheissues.org/2012/Gary_Johnson_Abortion.htm

Well, I’m fine with people who interpret the Bible differently than I do. Of course I do find their arguments unconvincing and at times even utterly outlandish – otherwise I’d change my opinion -, but so far I’ve always managed to at least halfway get where they are coming from. Not so with...

I’m sorry you got the impression that I was trying elevate myself over you, when all I was trying to do was to live up to the brotherly spirit expressed in Col. 3:16. When you say that I am adding works to grace this shows that you utterly misunderstood what I was trying to say. Maybe you’ll...

I certainly agree that we are justified by God’s grace alone and not by our works, however admirable they may be. But it seems to me that H.Richard does not only fail to see the difference between ceremonial and moral law when trying to make sense of the NT, he also fails to see the full scale...

Why would you think that?​ Actually pretty much everybody in this forum confesses their faith in Christ’s work on the cross. But you seem to be the only one who claims that having faith in Christ doesn’t have any life-changing effects whatsoever. Why is that? ​

Well, if I had such a generous friend I should hope that his generosity towards me would inspire me to be generous towards others. If another friend then asked me for my bike, I wouldn’t be able to say no without feeling bad. If I did refuse to give my bike to this other friend, I would assume...

I’m not that prone to blame Satan for my own failings. And I don’t blame him for your apparent lack of reading comprehension either. So here’s my last attempt to get through to you: our good works won’t save us, but once we have sincere faith in our salvation by grace, we will want to do good...

I see that in another thread Wormwood has already tried to explain this to you at great length. If you still can’t warm to the Epistle of James, let’s just do this with Paul alone: ​ Paul did indeed not require Gentile Galatian and Corinthian Christians to keep Mosaic purity laws. But in...