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(elmo;20050) why God would destroy heaven since it is already perfect? Don't take it too literally, 'heaven' has several meanings in the Bible besides being the place where God is, and is also sometimes called by the plural 'heavens'.It can also mean 'the sky', or 'the universe' or...

(Romans6:10;14656) ..its just so discouraging right now and I feel as if I'm at the lowest possible point in my life. If you feel like you're going through a dark tunnel, the trick is to keep going...

Buddha made great attempts to discover the Truth 600 years before Jesus was born, but he was just a human giving us his own best guesses, hunches and theories.But Jesus said -"..the Father who sent me told me what I should say .." (John 12:49) And THERE we have the huge difference between Buddha...

NEW REPLACES OLD"Jesus saved you from the empty way of life handed you by your forefathers" (1 Pet 1:18 )"In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent." (Acts 17:30) Jesus said "It was said 'eye for eye,tooth for tooth' but I say turn the other...

Jesus saves, not the OT..We know that, because if the OT was all we needed, God would have had no need to send Jesus would he?

(thesuperjag;19993) People who changed the Word of God to suit their desire, has a personal agenda...has a wicked heart.. Right..My own agenda is to bring people closer to Jesus, which I don't think is wicked..My fans seem to like it, so I must be doing something right.. ChildofLight - "So good...

Incidentally some heathen religions do look down on the handicapped even today, such as Hinduism with its vile caste system-NAT GEOGRAPHIC ARTICLE - http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0306/feature1/(Excerpt) - "Discrimination against India's lowest Hindu castes is technically illegal. But...

(Jon-Marc;19942) Yes. Since the common belief that anyone with a defect was a sinner, He would have been viewed in that manner, and probably no one would have followed Him. Good point..When Jesus referred to a crippled woman he said - "Satan has bound this woman for eighteen years" -Luke 13:16...

A good example of how we can change the wording of a verse without altering the meaning is this one from the Master and Servant parable.First here it is in the original KJV language -"...Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward...

(RobinD69;19958) ...I found out I could reach people better if I understood from their perspective and used a more common language. Good point, I do it to Paul did the same thing, 'customising' himself to his audience -"Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to...

(PlanetJeff;19963) what is the difference between Catholic and Christian religions? Catholics are basically good people but they divert themselves away from Jesus too much for my liking by praying to his human mum and to dead human 'saints', which is just a shade away from spiritism which the...

I don't go in for genealogy stuff because we're all descended from Adam and Eve aren't we?"Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do" (1 Tim 1:4)"But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and...

The word Jew has a double meaning, no wonder the ordinary man-in-the-street gets confused..Technically Jesus was a Jew because he was born in Israel.But the word Jew was also used to refer to the Jewish priestly classes, but Jesus certainly wasn't one of them, as proven by the fact it was they...

Is there a picture of the proposed memorial anywhere?If it does look too Islamic I daresay there are enough Christian warriors in America who'll soon tear it down..

"The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7)

(tim_from_pa;19871) Would it bother anyone out there if Jesus was born handicapped, say just a mild limp and walked with a simple cane? Nope..Jesus said:-"The spirit within gives life,the flesh alone is worthless" (John 6:63 )Same with Dr. Stephen Hawking, he's in a wheelchair and has to talk...

The incredible advances in computer technology over recent years prompted me to write the following little tale -PROCESSING POWER by MickAt last it was finished, and the dozens of computer technicians and scientists stood back to admire their creation, a gigantic new super-computer of such...

(Biblical Tetragramaton;19646) ...when the KJV was made, they didn't have all the resources, the ancient texts that we have today... Ah, but when the KJV was made, the writers had a strong fearless mindset, backed by the King himself, whereas a lot of modern translators are cowardly, lukewarm...

Human nature being what it is, God's voice booming from the sky would be very convincing for some, but not for others -Jesus said - "Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.Father, glorify your name!"...

(kriss;19736) I call it fast food religion and we have our fast food Bibles lets make it quick and easy so what if there's a different message than whats intended from God. Its easy and fast. Yes some translations are disgraceful. Personally I'd like to see someone write a book aimed at children...