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. ● 1Cor 10:27-29 . . If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. But if anyone says to you "This has been offered in sacrifice" then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for...

. ● 1Cor 10:24 . . Nobody should seek only his own good, but also the good of others. That's not saying it's wrong to seek your own good; just wrong to seek it at the expense of another's good; viz: selfish ambition might be an acceptable modus operandi in professional sports, politics, and...

. Through me; the way to the eternal city. Through me; the way to eternal sadness. Through me; the way to lost people. Justice moved my supreme maker: I was shaped by divine power, By highest wisdom, and by primal love. Before me, nothing was created That is not eternal: and eternally I...

. ● Phil 2:12 . . So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling Rome's interpretation of that passage pretty much echoes Santa Claus' holiday practices. For example the lyrics...

. I started this thread, but I did not write that post you ran across about someone's grandmother. In point of fact, I don't recall seeing that post anywhere on this thread. Where did you find it? _

. Creeping up the blind side, shinning up the wall, stealing through the dark of the night. Climbing through a window, stepping to the floor checking to the left and the right. Picking up the pieces, putting them away; something doesn't feel quite right. Help me someone, let me out of here...

. Modern evangelists like Billy Graham and Luis Palau generally compose their own sermons and pick their own topics. Jesus did neither; he was micromanaged by a higher power. ● John 8:26 . . He that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of Him. ● John 8:28 ...

. ● Rom 15:7 . . Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. That's a bit tricky but I think it just means all Christians should acknowledge each other as Christians regardless of age, race, gender, or economic status; and treat one another as...

. Luke 16:19-31 is commonly alleged to be a parable; which of course implies that the story is fiction; and some would even say fantasy. But the parable theory has a fatal flaw. Abraham is not a fictional character: he's a real-life man; the father of the Hebrew people, held in very high esteem...

. ● Rom 15:1-2 . . We may know that certain things make no difference, but we cannot just go ahead and do them to please ourselves. We must be considerate of the doubts and fears of those who believe certain things are wrong. Webster's defines "considerate" as thoughtful of the rights and...

. ● Luke 16:23-25 . . He cried out and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue; for I am in agony in this flame. The Greek word for "flame" is phlox (flox) which essentially means a blaze. Well; apparently...

. ● Rom 14:22b-23 . . Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves. But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin. In other words, it's possible to be wrong even when you're...

. ● Rom 14:22a . . So whatever you personally believe in debatable areas keep between yourself and God. _

. I didn't write it; that's not one of my posts. _

. ● Rom 14:20-21 . . Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. The critters that God lists in the Jews' covenanted law as unsuitable for food aren't intrinsically unsuitable. They're...

. For some time now, I've been curious from whence the Bible obtained that story in Luke 16:19-31. It's commonly attributed to Jesus, but I've so far been unable to locate any textual evidence proving beyond a shadow of sensible doubt, or even suggesting, that he actually taught it. That story...

. ● Rom 14:19 . . Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. The koiné Greek word for "edification" is oikodome (oy-kod-om-ay') which is a word related to the building trades; and in this instance would be related to structural improvements like a...

. ● Rom 14:14-16 . . I know and am perfectly sure on the authority of The Lord Jesus that no food, in and of itself, is wrong to eat. But if someone believes it is wrong, then for that person it is wrong. And if another Christian is distressed by what you eat, you are not acting in love if you...

. ● Rom 14:13b . . Make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way. The koiné Greek word translated "stumbling block" means a stub. For example: one year I cut down a troublesome bush in my front yard and left a bit of a stump sticking up out of the ground...

. The comments and questions below are relative to Luke 16:19-31. How is it that the rich man and Abraham were able to see from their own grave into each other's grave? Do dead people have X-ray vision? Do they have any vision at all let alone X-ray? Do dead people actually have the ability...