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I don't believe that any of the spiritual gifts are for private use (or by our election) but remain the work of God through us under the unction and power of the Holy Spirit. However, certain gifts can manifest in our vocation and remain as expressions of His work through us. Our testimony...

Many early colonists were indeed Christians, some fleeing persecution for their rejection of papal authority, or the authority of "the church of England". The fact that the revolution was successful is an indication that it remained within God's sovereign plan, but God's plan has always utilized...

Absolutely. All authority comes from God, not just some. That's not my idea but the explicit statement of the Apostle Paul and based upon the teaching of Jesus Christ. 11 Jesus answered, “You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who...

Personally, I think that we should give it back to France. Liberty is a great and Christian idea. Democracy not so much. France gained her Liberty through revolution against God appointed authority and a liberal use of madame "guillotine " upon the French nobility and church leadership, the...

I've always enjoyed writing and when I was young had hoped to break into it as a career. One short story was returned by the editor of a certain "men's" magazine with positive comments about my writing, but wanted it to include "more sex. " At the time I hadn't been born again, but was raised...

Well, Jesus referred to Himself as the "door", "narrow gate", the "way, the truth and the life", but it is entirely appropriate to say that Moses spoke face to face with God when talking with the pre incarnate Lord. Some people think that God had a "form" prior to creation, but a literal...

It's a pleasant thought and human beings are social creatures, though not as good at it as ants or honey bees. I'm pretty sure that the relationship between Adam and Eve has it's ultimate fulfillment in our relationship to God. Having received His Spirit it isn't really possible to be alone...

Do you love God? That's pretty much the purpose of salvation. First to love God and second to love the brethren. It may not be the reason we seek Him, but if the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, what is wisdom's end (or purpose?) What are the great commandments and why are they great...

It did seem like the server was down. I don't know who whipp media is, but I registered on a similar site also operated by them called "Christian Forums". It seems a bit more regulated than this one and has a similar format, but each forum has its own rule sets. I saw posts there from a number...

OK. We are wonderfully made and it didn’t take a degree for me to figure out, but my studies in biology only made me aware of two notable things. Life is amazingly complicated with many mutually codependent processes that couldn't possibly "evolve" independent of each other, eg: life is a...

Not really, it's more like doing without doing, ( even water destroys stone, but without doing anything but being water.) Taoism isn't true religion. It doesn't recognize Jesus Christ as the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Lao Tzu clearly understood certain spiritual principles, but God can be...

While I believe that we were created for greater things in Christ, according to scripture we're little more than animated mud men so I'm not inclined to believe in any "latent power" in man. It's no coincidence that I met a psychic who demonstrated a real ability to effect physical disturbance...

There's actually more than one occasion where Moses spoke "face to face" with God, and not only "on the mountain " but within the "tent of meeting." Here's one explicit verse: So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his...

I think people are typically unable to trust themselves or the word of God. People seeking God are sometimes so fearful of deception and destruction that they think that they won't recognize the Lord when He speaks: “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door...

Mysticism outside of faith in Christ can only be misleading and Satanic. You must have His Spirit, the Spirit of Truth or more commonly identified as the Holy Spirit, to know Him, to know spiritual truth. His Spirit is freely given to those who believe in Jesus Christ our Lord, according to...

mysticism [ˈmistəˌsizəm] NOUN belief that union with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or the spiritual apprehension of knowledge inaccessible to the intellect, may be attained through contemplation and self-surrender. "St. Theresa's writings were part of the tradition of Christian...

I couldn't say, simply because I have no idea what "most" Christians believe beyond the person of God revealed in Jesus Christ and that is something true. (A person couldn't be Christian without that belief)

Even if 100% believe a thing that isn't true. It remains untrue. Truth isn't relative, but an absolute that can be described mathematically. If this weren't the case, computer technology wouldn't work, your bank account balances could never be trusted, and when you turned the ignition key in...

God doesn't define evil as we do but here's one verse to chew on. ‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. Deuteronomy 32:39 Theologians say that God is not the author of evil...

Not at all. The scripture is inspired by God through the Holy Spirit. No one but God "saw" the creation, yet we except Genesis as the truth, written through the inspiration of God. The 66 books of the "canon" of scripture are trusted as inspired writings because they "agree" with one another in...