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No the dumbest thing is to listen to this unbiblical nonsence. 2 Thessalonians 3:9-11 (NIV) 9 We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help,A)'> but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.B)'> 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The...

"Believers stay righteous through their obedience" Rightousness comes from God. All we do through our obedience is show our love for Jesus. We are all sinners saved through Gods amazing, superabundance of grace. We are kept by that overflowing, unending, unmeasurable love of God. We need to...

As I said basic Christianity as Eph 1:11 In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory...

Basic problem with prophercy. It is ONLY with hindsight that it is recognised. Why do Gods people need to be sealed? basic christianity. We are all sealed with the Holy Spirit. It has nothing to do with Jesus's return etc and everything to do with God...

How about looking hard at what one has to do to make a difference. 1. stop useing electricity unless vital. ie turn off and unplug ever appliance not need at that moment. So turn ones phone off, all lights except where you are and only have those lights on you need. turn heating down, air con...

Shooting oneself in the foot. Fellowship is more than responding to messages, it is the physical prescence of others, the shared conversation, the encouragement of seeing friends and the encouragement that one provides by also being there.

Nor is the purpose of the gifts ever discussed. Where I have seen the charismatic gifts being used it is always been to the glory of the user. The lack of regard for the rest of the church and the glorying in the use a gift has lead me to believe that the charismatic gifts have ceased. That...

Could you explain what you mean please?

I understand that to mean not to teach as the preacher. Let me illistrate. Yesterday we hjad our Harvest celebration, but paster had miscalculated the number of sermons to plan for hios series. The result he could not do a harvest sermon in the evening service, so he asked one of the elders...

The simple way is if the bible says there is an alergorical meaning there is, if the bible doesn't say that, then there isn't an alergorical meaning. Where many go wrong is in using there imagination to find alergorical meaning where there is no scriptual warrent.

What missionary societies do they support? What is the possition of those societies on single women going to the mission fields? I know of no missionary society that prohibits single women from going to preach the gospel, in fact most societies would cease to function if they followed this...

The bible is clear we are saved by faith, Not by works. Because we love Jesus we show that by the way we keep his commands and do the work prepared for us, but all our good deeds do is show we have faith and that we love Jesus.

We all need to be sensitive to the challenge of scripture. Our pet ideas, rituals etc easily become a barrier between us and other Christians in other denominations. eg calvinists are not agents of satan, any more than arminians are, or strict baptists, or ritual bound churches. It is the...

My arms cannot reach round a californian redwood ! I preferr the experience of slogging up a hill, in the uk read mountain.

I am sorry you believe that you have to work inorder to deserve salvation. Jesus himself said that no one can snatch us out of his hand. Clearly you believe that a backsliding christian is more powerefull than the Son of God. Paul taught that 'Nothing in All creation is powerful enough to...

There are very few incidents in our lives that don't relate to the 10 commandments. Am I being asked to lie about this product, process? Am I able to do what I have promised? What I am looking at listening to, is it causing be to be envious or to have lusty thoughts? Am I stealing from my...

Why? What advantage does a 16th century dialect give to the understanding of scripture?

You implied it:

12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. A non christian becoming a Christian is a spiritual mystery, as it is God who...