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* Better than a wrong number call from an ape. *

* I don’t spend much time thinking about it but I hope I never get a wrong number call from an ape. *

Context damages their narrative.

It’s foolish to pit Paul against Jesus. They are in agreement. I’m not dictating to anyone. I’m discussing the teaching of Jesus and the apostles, using scripture and church history. Since you’re convinced that you know the right thing to do (James 4:19) and cannot be persuaded otherwise, go...

Why do those who quote Luke 22:36 not quote Luke 22:37-38?

No. Jesus was fully aware. You haven’t correctly identified the reason he gave the instruction, nor have you addressed what he said when Peter used it. Where has that led you? It has led you to make exceptions to his instruction on how his followers are to treat their enemies. It has led you to...

“… now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.” (1 Samuel 8:5) In the words of countless high school history teachers, read the story; learn the lesson. “… a consequence of nationhood has been to make the Jews like other nations. To sustain and defend their state, they...

I’m currently reading Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour, written by Barbara W. Tuchman.

“Every heart with Christ is a missionary, every heart without Christ is a mission field.” - Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf

* Listen to your father, Lucille. He knows your boyfriend is a rat. *

I hope you’ll take a minute to use the link to read the story about one of my best friends. He faced the very thing you described in Afghanistan. Post in thread 'I Was But Now I Am' I Was But Now I Am

My desires aren’t the issue. The Messiah’s are. Followers of Jesus obey his teaching on how to treat our enemies. You don’t know that Nazi Germany would have won the war if the followers of Jesus obey him. God can use those who don’t obey the Messiah to defeat nations like Nazi Germany.