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Something I learned recently is that stages of design for a specific species, can be reordered. So for example a gene that makes wolves aggressive or passive, can make wolves passive or aggressive - depending on how the stage of a wolf in a wolf species is ordered against other expressions of...

Hi there, So I have meditated consistently for a couple of decades now and I have never looked back. Jesus said "by your patience possess your souls" (Gospels, from memory). I think we should take that seriously! "He who loves Me, keeps My words" (Gospels, from memory). The thing to note, is...

Hi there, So it is a simple thought: the Gospel points to the Gospel, that's the Gospel (selah). But how does it play out? In reality there are many attempts at pointing to the Gospel, but only so many succeed. The rest become distortions of the Gospel, that twist and divert from the Gospel's...

Church attendance is a function of identity; identity is defended by purity; winning people over to these two things, requires scripture. Have you worked out, which scripture you will believe last? Once you reach Heaven, do you have a scripture you would like to turn to first? These are...

My church (Grace Baptist Church Watsonia) just did a sermon on this exact scripture, last Sunday!

The world itself oscillates between happy hot and sad hot, happy cold and sad cold. Jesus said people were like "children sitting in the marketplace saying 'we played the flute and you did not dance, we mourned and you did not mourn with us" (gospels, from memory). That is an example of the...

Can God not save souls before during and after the tribulation?

David says in Psalms that God can be found in Hell. How is He in Hell, but not suffering? Jesus said "Before Abraham was, I AM". How can Jesus be prior to the Father of the Faith but not suffer (that is, be in need of his faith)? Indeed Jesus is called "God with us". How can He be called "with...

Hi there, So I just want to dwell briefly on the fact that God does not create, such that we suffer on our own, but that God creates knowing He will suffer from His creation suffering. God suffering is why our relationship to Him is so important: without a relationship to God, there is no end...

I've had a major shift. I have stopped using what I "know" to advance myself, that includes not trying to shape my understanding of evolution to suit me. Rather, I want what I know to serve Jesus. Part of this is understanding that the world only has partial knowledge of Jesus. In no way is the...

I asked a friend at Church this question, he said "Just love God and love others as you would be loved"

In response to the OP, I prefer to think that "the Word is there for me, in the end"

The Lord gives me doors to scripture which no man can shut. I appreciate that you are invested in scripture meaning a certain thing, my experience is that Jesus did more than this - He challenged people who believed in Him. If you want to pray for me, pray that my character would change for...

Jesus said "Elijah coming first, is the same as John the Baptist coming first" and proverbs teaches that "the things that came in the beginning will come again" You don't have to believe it, just check with the Holy Spirit.

Hi there, So I have had a little of an awakening, actually. Not only have I come to the conclusion that you can't save yourself, unless you have first obeyed; but I have come to the realisation, that the state you are in when you commit your obedience to God, matters to God. Let me explain what...

I don't know what it is, but every time I switch my desire for McDonald's off, something else turns it on. I've tried burning the desire in spiritual fire, to going cold and unresponsive - nothing seems to work? Just now it was prayed to God that the desire die - let's see where that takes us!

In Heaven, Jesus gives you the power to bring to life, which you can do as long as God receives the praise. Does a Muslim woman with the power to bring to life, not do so for the praise of God - if that woman is in Heaven? Everyone who reaches Heaven, is instructed as to what they can do, not...

I told you: Jesus said the Holy Spirit would convict the world and He said the Holy Spirit would give of Jesus to us. These two things put together, amount to the convictions of the faith being manifest, almost regardless of who they are (assuming they are willing) - there is no reason that...

"The fool that is having a good time, is easy to be around" (selah)

Just remember if you endure to the end, getting back up after falling will always be better, than if you never had faith at all. I love you, man - I fell away too, it hurts bad!