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Chuck Norris is really before my time, sorry. All I really know of him is the Chuck Norris memes. :D I simply cannot imagine what you mean by 'serious damage' done to Christianity by those two movies I listed. I suppose if you tried to hold up serious doctrine by them you couldn't, but I don't...

Hi HIH, I'm also hoping an interesting, thoughtful conversation can come from this passage. It certainly touches on some important issues! I thought, perhaps, that while indeed the whole passage is important, trying to analyze everyone's thought, verse by verse, might start to make all our posts...

It's funny that atheists 'claim' that morality is just a social construct, but they live by it nonetheless. I was reading an excellent book on this topic and the example they gave is this: if, during a conversation about this, I asked the atheist to give me 20 bucks to help illustrate a...

Well. there are, I suppose, the notable exceptions like The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, or The Lord of the Rings...but since their authors were Christians and threaded heavy Christian themes throughout their work, that's not a great surprise. The thing that DOES surprise me, that all those...

I love these verses! And they always seem so timely as well! They just remind me that in Christ, when I come to him, even if I cannot see or understand, I have peace and rest and always something to be thankful for! And if that's not something to lift the spirits and calm the anxiety, then I...

To be perfectly honest, I haven't seen a moderator ON the board, hardly at all...certainly not in 'moderator mode'. And I wouldn't know if they are busy doing moderator stuff behind the scenes or not. As far as personal attacking goes...well, yeah, of course it goes on. It's sad, as you'd hope...

I'll have a look at them, thanks!

Can....and do...stay in their PJs! Well....my son, anyway! No particular curricula. Both my kids are ASD, my son PDA as well. Pretty much nothing I attempt to engage him with is successful, as he unconsciously perceives it as a demand...so that makes it a little tricky. The good thing is that he...

And this is why I think one of the most precious and important gifts we can give to our kids is to teach them how to think critically for themselves. Everyone will have an agenda for them, regardless if it's a liberal or even a conservative. And if they cannot think through an idea they will hop...

I think one of the benefits of homeschooling is that we can allow our kids to pursue these interests. In tradition school a fairly strict schedule is kept to meet certain learning outcomes, regardless of what child shows particular interest or skill in whatever subject they may be briefly...

The breath-taking thing is, that we often look at Christ on the cross as the outcome of his 'love actions'. But we know that his death was not the last word, and in point of fact, the great cosmic battle of good and evil was won because of his death. Also, John points out in Revelation that as...

It's funny how we can look back and see God's hand in some things, isn't it? I would have said that I was the LEAST likely person to homeschool. And yet, it has just worked for us! My son just flourishes in a non-traditional classroom and my daughter is ready now to launch into after-school...

Oh boy, yes! It's...well, I'm not sure what word to use...but...we KNOW that our God is stronger than those other powers. That he has the power to defeat Satan and his minions in these things. But...the question I most often stumble over is...will he? If our bible suggests that as time draws to...

My husband subscribes to the 'enough rope' idea. He thinks the whole thing will implode under the weight of its own irrationality very soon. I hope he's right. And I do wonder if change will come to the school system as well. Here is Australia Homeschooling has made a huge leap in numbers in the...

I totally agree! Having done it for a couple of years now, I wouldn't change a thing. We started out being sort of forced into it, our kids having particular needs that made tradition school highly stressful. Having them at home has really helped them blossom without that constant level of...

I readily confess I teach my children liberal ideas are wicked. However, I do my best to teach them that liberal people are still 'people'. Mob mentality is terrible, and together they can and do some terrible things. But pull them apart and sit one across from you with a cup of coffee...they're...

It's not really a complicated idea. Sin leads to death. In many ways...in all ways. We could start back in the Garden of Eden where God told Adam and Eve that they would surely die if they ate of the fruit. Of course, we see that they did not...immediately. But...that was not really God's...

I'm not sure about wisdom...but it's certainly an insight from experience. I never go into something with the intent to get into a rumble...and yet often end up there anyway. And while, sure, sometimes its because of issues from the other side, I have to own a certain stubbornness and pride on...

Some of these conversations be like....:rolleyes:

This is a great post, because I think its something that we can all relate to...maybe on both sides, if we're honest. Especially here on the forum, where differences of doctrine often lead to clashes. It is...oh! So easy to start off fully intending to have an earnest conversation about...