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Lesley, I have a fairly funny story for you. My grandmother spent many years telling us (and anyone else...) how Irish we were. A couple years ago the ancestry bug bit me and I started doing research which eventually lead me to a professor who had done most of it for me already. Come to find...

Just a little background on the author necessary to understand the story. He is a Catholic ("Conservative") and has lived in New York and DC. He's making the move back home after a death in his family made him realize how his family missed out on home. Link...

Just a quick note from your friendly Community Administrator that we've upped the post edit time to one (1) hour. That gives you a little bit more time to catch all of your mistakes, so I expect the typo rate to decrease rapidly and a sharply. ;) Have a great rest of the week! (There will...

Guys, as someone who does believe that a good portion of the ten tribes is currently (and unknowingly) dispersed amongst the "western world" (which is primarily Caucasian in race)...much of what is being said here does not support that but jumps right into Antisemitism. That tone ends here. CB...

So do you minister in this world, Prentis?

Do spirit things never manifest in the material (the physical)? The simple answer to that question is no. I look at things this way and thanks to both a pastor and then a politician for showing me a little something about this in the debate the other night. If we go into the Bible and...

Robbie, I tell you this in love but I think you still have a lesson to learn - it's not as easy as simply pointing out another's sin issue and it suddenly being fine. Yes the blood of Jesus covers, but that blood doesn't cover someone else's sins because you confess them; that's between that...

Moved forums for you.

Again, that's only a partial glimpse or statement to what Jesus did for us: Matthew 5:17 HCSB "Don't assume that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill." The passage in Romans 2:13 you are giving is important, but just like it's not a totally...

[/size][/font][/b] I pretty much agree here. Of course there will be disconnected pastors just like disconnected Christians (maybe we should coin the phrase CHRINOS [CHRistians In Name Only]). However, this sounds like the whole keep them poor and therefore honest mentality. The fact is, the...

I'm impressed - nice work!

Interesting. On your house, I assume?

Bingo. I'm glad someone got to this before I had the time to reply. It's not either or. It's both and. Number one, we are presented with theologically loaded words in the Bible like: propitiation, justification, etc. The jargon is both legal and often financial in explaining what Christ did...

Instead of vitriol and arguing, why don't we start from a Biblical foundation? Philippians 2:12-16 HCSB So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who is...

Eh, too much hyperbole going on here. You guys completely mistake getting involved for wanting to change/control the entire world. It's kinda like we're just supposed to sit idly by; being a Christian should permeate all that we do.

Welcome to the board, Triple 8! :)

I think we must got to an often quoted (but not fully quoted) passage in Matthew 7: Matthew 7:1-6 Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust...

I'd say the Christian ideal based on the Bible is where: The Church (corporate body) exists as its own entity distinct from the government. However, at the same time, the church is free to act within the government (IE: the church can go into schools, can be present at places, etc.) but the...

I just want to see how far this goes. Do I sin when I use media (internet, computers, news, etc)? My reason for the association question is it's much like saying because the internet is used to purvey porn, child molester websites, etc. then it's a sin to use the internet. Baby and bath water...