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In 2020, the worship team leader, Daniel, felt called to lead worship elsewhere. Until 1Q2022, there were no more men on the worship team. The lone guy who joined then sang well. In June 2022, during a practice session with the worship committee, he felt 2 pops in his head. Getting a severe...

This thread was inspired by @Aunty Jane. So I want to give a shut out to her insightful comments in other threads? The name of man is not Man and the name of god is not God. Both man and god refer to general forms or species of life. Individual men and individual gods have unique personal...

10 years after beating Muhammad Ali, Leon Spinks was homeless. In honor of the Obi Kenobi series starting this weekend, 10 years after beating Vader at Mustafar, Ben was doing menial work eking out a living, sleeping in a cave as a hermit. He was a broken, shell of a man, unable to reach out to...

This article Who was Salvador Ramos, the young man who sowed terror in a Texas school shooting?, identifies certain factors common to such cases: Absent father Played Violent Video Games Troubled Homelife/Weak Mother (the 18-yo was living with grandparents) Victim of Bullying Quite/Loner...

1st, I have to say that I have a lot of respect for JW's that I have met in person and in this forum. 2nd, this question or accusation comes up in many threads and I thought I'd flush it out and by using a poll. If it is not true, why do so many here, and former members call JW a cult? 3rd...

This thread was inspired by another great one by @Aunty Jane in the thread about your favorite English translation. The last part proved again Hebrews 4:12, the word of God is alive; I keep thinking about the Lord's Prayer and Hallowed be thy name. And that begs the question, what is God's...

1 Corinthians 15:23 says Christ is the first fruits and I was wondering how you understand that? First implies the beginning of a series of like. For instance, one does not say someone is their 'first' child when, in fact, the child is their only child.

In John’s Gospel @ 1:31 and again @ v 33, the Baptizer says ‘I myself did not know him,’ referring to his cousin, Jesus. This is not literally likely, especially since Mary visited for months before he was born. And that begs the question of why did he say it twice? It is a different thing to...

Good Afternoon, I noticed for some time now a thread that I am subscribed to has a recent post but I don't have a current alert. Is that because of a setting on alerts? Or am I missing something? Wrangler

Just finished reading Revelations. I'll add the verses later but it occurred to me why people don't believe and it involves sex and time. Regarding sex; condemnations against homosexuality has to be seen as in the context of the Bride and Wife of the Lamb, who is made up of many men. Regarding...

There are many threads that delve into what the Bible says in its original language (OT Hebrew, NT Greek). English has never been my strong suit, let alone foreign languages of any kind and this got me wondering. I rely on English translations as an English speaking person. Is it even fair to...

I thought I'd start this thread to give a little reminder of Christian history. Some Christians seem to White Wash Christian history as being oppressed by Rome, then followed a never ending flowering of Christian peace upon the world stage. Only if it were so. Politically incorrect, still...

A meme said by not taking the vaccine, she is 100% safe from its side effects and 98.5% safe from COVID. Something to think about. In other threads, people have compared the benefits of taking the vaccine to not taking the vaccine. This is a slanted view, the diagonal of a 2 x 2 matrix. COVID...

Recently, a few new members started politically oriented threads. In those threads, some posts were thought to be personally attacking. And that experience motivated this thread. It seems to me this touches on the broader topic of rebuking, which is in Scripture, while not personally attacking...

Shocking phone call received at 4:20 PM Friday from a friend, going through a divorce. Despite the fact that his wife assaulted him and has a restraining order, the Magistrate ruled that he has to leave the house he's lived in for 23 years so she can move back in. And he has to be out by...

My pastor recently said that in his life he is only sure that God spoke to him about 2 things - and that was after becoming a pastor. A friend of mine, a Catholic for 5 decades said he never experienced the Holy Spirit talking to him. So, that got me wondering. How many here don't have a...

Just read a thread about war in heaven via Rev 12:7. Though I read revelations 3x, I confess I cannot keep it in my head. I even read a book by a Rabbi who did an excellent analysis of connecting the many figurative passages. The 1st time I read Revelations, I thought John must have been...

Using standard language usage and keeping 2 COR 1:13, in mind, (there is no hidden meaning in our letters) the inescapable conclusion or take away from the verse below is yes. Based on this verse, if you conclude the answer is no, what reading skills, logic and definitions supports that...

Seems like there are a few threads now on this point. Our passion for doctrine has become an idol. It is as if the new command Jesus gave is to proselytize endlessly to what your doctrine is. Fortunately, there is no doctrinal purity test to enter heaven, be saved, receive eternal life, etc. My...

A study note from NSRV Ex 20:3 speculates the purpose behind the wording is to dispense with the idea of a heavenly council. Yet, Jesus himself invoked Ps 82:6. The True God stands to preside over the heavenly council. He pronounces judgment on the so-called gods. Ps 82:1 Micaiah: 19 You...