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  1. JohnDB

    WHAT IS THE WATER IN JOHN 3:5?

    Oh, And before I forget again.. It's very good to see you posting again @GodsGrace. Missed you around here. And if the world decides to get a bit more peaceful (and I can score a mission trip nearby) I am gonna stop in to see you. It's just too tempting to not do it.
  2. JohnDB

    WHAT IS THE WATER IN JOHN 3:5?

    Let's go back to the creation event as told by Peter in his letter. "The heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water " Now Peter was not lying or completely misrepresenting the Torah with some wild theological stance he created out of whole cloth. Because out of ALL...
  3. JohnDB

    The Iran situation

    Oh I agree. We should defend the weak and innocent from "bad actors". The goal of any armed conflict is not to destroy the "enemy" but to remove his capability to wage war with anyone. That can happen in a variety of ways. Not all include the use of violence. But no tanks, guns...
  4. JohnDB

    The Iran situation

    Ummmm Not to be a killjoy here but that's not what Jesus meant or said....and in complete opposition "I've not come to bring peace but a sword" The gospel message is insulting to a lot of people. Between sinful nature mankind there cannot be peace. But there can be peace between man and...
  5. JohnDB

    The Iran situation

    Ummmm It doesn't have to be American troops.... And maybe no foreign ground forces will be needed. There's a chance that Iran will fix its own leadership problem. Most Iranians agree that the Mullahs and Ayatollah needs to go. After that they agree on nothing else.
  6. JohnDB

    Medicare

    I'm a chef and an electrician. Lucky wife? She says she prioritizes the correct things and she makes better choices than others. They choose for love, the money he makes, or how he fills out his shirt and pants. Meh, I'm a construction electrician, I only look dumb. But I know Maths and...
  7. JohnDB

    The Iran situation

    Ummmm In case you haven't noticed. Israel is winning. Quite handily too. Iran has lost its nuke facilities, its radar, its television station. Over 2/3rds of its missile launchers....and a bunch of military service members, nuclear physicists, scientists, and heads of Terrorist...
  8. JohnDB

    The Iran situation

    While you are recovering from your severe case of TDS.... Trump and the sane portion of America (indeed most of the world) are concerned about Iran having nuclear weapons. Currently Israel is doing a good job and we won't need to involve ourselves unless we absolutely have to. We can't...
  9. JohnDB

    Medicare

    Just remember, you are not your dad. You may be his son....which will color and flavor your preferences but you are still not him. Do your own thing....whatever that may be. And start immediately working towards those things. (We are older and slower but more decisive and thoughtful...when...
  10. JohnDB

    Medicare

    For us MEN..... Here's the rub. You MUST have a plan for keeping active. Something to do. That can be anything. A small business, a worthless part time job you have always wanted to do that pays nothing....something. Training dogs, to waiting tables, craft hobbies for retail, teaching...
  11. JohnDB

    Medicare

    Uggghhhhh I got forced into retirement with the quarantines. As a construction worker I was always nursing some sort of muscle ache or injury. Starting off your day with painkillers and vitamins is just SOP. So after sitting around for three weeks my knee was not improving and still...
  12. JohnDB

    Dozens arrested in one day, ICE raids Los Angeles... protesters gather

    Democrats for YEARS (including Obama and Biden) have stated repeatedly that illegal immigrants devalue American Job wages and have a host of criminal activity associated with them. There's more than one recording floating around of all of them (including Bill and Hillary Clinton) saying this...
  13. JohnDB

    Dozens arrested in one day, ICE raids Los Angeles... protesters gather

    As a result of the riots.... Gavin Newsom is in trouble with his constituents. People have a long list of complaints about the man. He could be facing yet another recall vote over his handling of the LA situations just like Bass could. The complaints by Newsom over Trump's assistance with...
  14. JohnDB

    Dozens arrested in one day, ICE raids Los Angeles... protesters gather

    The participants are delusional. Like really delusional and a result of over has top rhetoric by Democrat politicians. Which is kinda scary....that people can be duped so easily.
  15. JohnDB

    Mega-Church Vs Small-Church

    I like Mega Churches.... The small groups are numerous and awesome. When the large congregation joyfully sings songs in unison.....it's so awesome. Sure, there are some schmucks in the congregation.....people are gonna people. But it's better than nothing.
  16. JohnDB

    The Church decided the canon. How do you know you have the correct canon?

    Nope.... By a well reasoned faith backed by sound doctrine and logical arguments. Meaning you need to be able to give an answer for what you believe and why you believe it. I can do that . I've met few others who can anymore with any depth....despite all the youtube videos with "Mr...
  17. JohnDB

    The Church decided the canon. How do you know you have the correct canon?

    I'm not going to claim innocence for studying so much that my head was always in the clouds and I was no longer capable of reacting the way that I should when in an easy basket range for the two point basket. (Unguarded too....basket ball metaphor) But....stepping back the Bible indeed has...
  18. JohnDB

    The Bible is not “Gods Word.” It's simply "The Bible."

    The bible was penned by men led by the Holy Spirit to convey thoughts and ideas to a decided and defined audience. That audience was (at the latest) 2,000 years ago in a culture that has little resemblance to ours in a language that does not share the same construction or parts of speech...
  19. JohnDB

    The Bible is not “Gods Word.” It's simply "The Bible."

    Don't confuse poetry and Spiritual.... Massive error. The Spirit causes poetry....not Poetry Driving the Spiritual. We MUST approach the scriptures with ALL soberness and respect for what they are. GOD'S direct speech to us using his favorite people. Do not rewrite. Add to, or take away...