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@Mink57 knows this verse means questioning is besides the point. Why do you add ’without question’ to the text? I often think about the command “duck” or “watch out!” Life flows from obeying first. You can question all you like after the fact. Its not about ‘understanding’ the command but...

Yes, that’s what I said. IF that was a declarative fact, rather than merely an exclamatory statement given the emotion of the moment, the narration would have affirmed it. All 4 Gospels say the same thing; Jesus is the son of God. See Mark 1:1.

Not an accurate paraphrasing of the text. Why are you side stepping ‘take/led’ and what these words mean? Sacred cow?

Oy vey. Are you aware of the difference in literature between what a character says and the narrative? Thomas said this, yes, about himself. This is not the same as the narrative, that it is the case. I hold his statement is merely an exclamation. When I drop my toast, I am not literally...

Jesus did not eat for 40 days. He became very hungry = Biggest understatement in the Bible. :Ohz

Your questions reveal mult-dimensional struggling, e.g., self awareness, epistemology, philosophically. I suppose we all do at some level. A friend who was not very philosophical once revisited with disdain a question from a philosophy class he had taken decades before. The question was about a...

What God are you praying to since she advocates against God's word: You shall not murder (abortion). Don't move the ancient boundary stone (invasion). The workers cry out that you have not given their wages (inflation).

Regarding intentionally provocative, only if one holds to a sacred cow. Normal language usage. Equivalent statements: Jack led Jill up the hill. Jill followed Jack up the hill. Regarding being complicit in temptation, please expand on this. The Lord's prayer is to lead us out of (or not in)...

Are you aware of the fact that some definitions are invalid?

There is no such thing BUT it is a prohibited topic.

Powerful article on how DEI makes people hostile. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/nyt-bloomberg-bury-rutgers-study-showing-dei-makes-people-hostile

sml MAGA!!!

You can't be serious. Dangerous criminals, including convicts, gang members, sex traffickers, and fentanyl dealers are 100% excluded from your analysis? It must be hard to be so intellectually dishonest all the time. In this case, making an Appeal to Strawman of the arguments FOR a tariff...

Hers is the 13th. How far are you away from Outerbanks? Last time we got there, we planned to have dinner as the sunset on the ocean. Not a bad way to begin the vacation. :woot:

Perhaps I can take my wife to Outerbanks for her birthday in May. We'll keep in touch. :csm

Not too much bitterness in that post. :watching and waiting: Let's change the sex and imagine the response. Imagine I wrote, "And just how many 'good mother's are out there? Hint: Not as many as you may think!" One can just imagine the outrage, the cries of misogyny. Feminists lack the...

I'm planning to go to Jacksonville, FL next month. Still far from North Carolina though. LOL My wife's favorite vacation destination is Outerbanks. The next time we go, perhaps we could have dinner together?

Wow! So young and so much wisdom. It is clear to me, and I’m sure anyone reading this thread, that you have love in your heart, including love in your heart for men, generally, and your husband, specifically. This is a sharp contrast to other posters who convey bitterness and contempt in...

It ocurred to me that if one cannot do ministry at home, one cannot do ministry.

@St. SteVen, I wish you made this thread a poll. Many long posts suggest gradual is THE WAY. This reminds me of a study on influencing people to accept ANY idea that is valid that they initially rejected. The theory is it takes 20 exposures of hearing the idea advocated before one accepts it...