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Surely there would be a record, a direct quote. Are you sure that one is not out of context and referring to his relationship with his own son?

Many cemeteries allow urns to be buried over top a grave. And there are headstones designed to store ashes.

Fun fact, at 4000m deep in the ocean bones will dissolve directly into the sea-water. So for the sea to give up it's dead would require remaking the body. Also: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and...

Reminds me of the Christmas truce in WW1 has anything like that happened before or sense?

I remember hearing of an account of the crowd at the persecution of Jesus. There were people in the crowd bribed by the religious leaders to stur up a mob against Jesus. Nothing new under the sun again today.

I see the parable as speaking not just about the opportunities presented to us in this life. But more generally about the breath of life. The breath of life is God's investment in us, and he expects an eternal return on the investment of the spirit he has given us at birth. Now if there is...

If no form of government works why want more instead of less? Churches may open themselves to civil liability if they use donations for other purposes when a donation is intended for a specific program. But governments seem to get away with it easily. Apathy destroyed Sodom and Gimoroah. But...

I prefer limited government, as government is wasteful and often ineffective. There is no guarantee that what is supposed to be funded, will be funded. The incentive is on making an appearance of being charitable because that wins votes from people like you. Meanwhile the poor and...

A functional civil society relies upon the community to care for the needy. The government is not the nation, the people are. The government taking these roles from the people leads to a decline in the community as a whole. And the government's standard of care is impersonal and beurocratic in...

I would consider gambling to be "dishonest gain," as contrasted against "honest work." There are a few proverbs on that subject, words to the wise rather than outright prohibition.

It wasn't reported that Jesus did anything like pick up something else to turn it into food. And if air was used as a source of matter i'd expect conservation of energy would become a problem. I've also heard of someone's empty gastank filling spontaneously after being prayed over. Give that...

One of the more frequent miracles God performs is duplication of physical matter. For example the loaves and fish when Jesus fed the 5000. Also Elijah and the widow's olive oil. These are just two examples but this kind of miracle also occurs today. A spiritual phenomena must be responsible...

Persecution by governing authorities should not be violently opposed. But someone acting outside the law may justify violent opposition. There is some grey area so it requires discernment. like what happens when the government gives tacit approval for certain people to persecute others. Tacit...

Apostasy doesn't mean the Holy Spirit leaves us until we return to the fold. The Holy Spirit is not going to come and go once he is indwelling. In the past the Holy Spirit would come upon people to prophesize in visitations. And he continues to do visitations in order to convict hearts. This is...

Thanks for bringing attention to this story again, the Lord works in mysterious ways.

A new manufacturing process resulted in the mRNA vaccines, The old style of vaccines involved injecting dead viruses for your immune system to learn from. Theoretically the mRNA vaccine achieves the same results but is cheaper for the pharma company to manufacture and faster for them to develop...

I was questioning when intimidation would be considered witchcraft.

Guns also even-up the odds a little, so that physical size and strength is no longer a huge advantage.

Perhaps that example was too extreme, and detracting from the point which is to question the role of authority in the determination of if something is witchcraft. 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 1 John 4:18 There is no fear...

So witchcraft includes any form of manipulation using a spirit who is not of God? And it is further associated with subversion of righteous authority. So the example of the child asking for a cookie in the presence of their mom's guests, because she knows that will make her more tractable...