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Preaching?! Is that what you call what you do around here? In short, you do not get it. You have the right to speak but others have the right not to listen. If you want others to listen, it is not a matter of volume or large fonts. You have to get them to consent to hear what you have to say...

Not wanting to turn this Introduction thread into a debate thread. Yet, I want to set the record straight. It is your ungracious proselytizing I oppose. If I were to meet @Pancho Frijoles in person, say as my new neighbor, I would not approach him they way you did electronically. I'd wave and...

Was introduced to @Pancho Frijoles yesterday. He wrote several times to several poster about elaborating in the Interfaith Forum. Turns out, it seems I don't have sufficient privileges to post there. Maybe things changed with the new ownership a couple of years back. Is there a place, besides...

Implying sin is not a human desire?

I do understand a mild correction or qualification , here and there. What I don’t understand is people devoting themselves to the cause of doctrine police, posting again and again in thread after thread. Even threads like this one, that are not about doctrine, somehow get re-framed in right...

Oh, what verse says that?

Agreed. That’s what I did years ago in this case and I affirm, the peace is incredible. We are all on a Spiritual journey and on different points along that journey. Sure, some threads are debate (doctrine) threads. Other threads are personal experience threads, like this one. No need to turn...

I've experienced Grace before I obeyed. Don't tell me I don't know it! You only think you know ABOUT Grace but it is you who do not know Grace. Grace is unearned. If you receive it as a result of works (obeying commands) then you have reduced it to justice, getting what one earned. Then we may...

There is no ‘godhead’ in Scripture. This is an error in translations with ‘James’ in the title and explains why more recent and better translations don’t have that word or concept.

Although you asked a question, you failed to use a question mark. I always found this verse out of place. And as you pointed out, even more so for not having context or explanation. As I read the Bible suspicion of this verse was cemented in the fact that the Apostles did not once baptize...

Is God the son of man?

This is a great point and I feel it also. I believe this is part of what Jesus meant when he talked about the narrow road. On the narrow road, I am carried by the currents of the Spirit. On the wide road, I arrive due to my own ego and desires. Any "victory" here is mine but not the way and why...

Because of the difference between literal and figurative. Many Bible readers get confused between the 2.

I believe this is the consequence of our new found humility. The very first thing we need self control over is our ego.

This observation rings true and is aligned with a SciFi thing called "The Force", which is at odds what some claim about the Spirit/Being Saved/Being Born Again. The 2nd group claims that sin is impossible once this status is achieved. Force sensitive beings in Star Wars have the ability to be...

Great thread Rita! Thank you so much for starting it. So timely too in light of the replies to @Pancho Frijoles Introduction thread. (I was going to start a thread on this topic due to the replies in @Pancho Frijoles' Intro thread.) I believe @Pancho Frijoles Intro thread is a case study in...

I unwatched this thread due to your not answering me after I asked you twice. True, you THEN answered. Now, I've lost interest. I want to make 2 points, objective and subjective. OBJECTIVE: I believe if you have the heart to seek, you will find that Demons are fallen Angels and Satan is the...

This is why you don't get invited to parties.

All of the New Testament writers were before Arius and affirmed Arius. If I say the man in question, Bob, is the brother of Harry, that implies he (the man in question) is NOT Harry right?

Hard to say. I’ve lived joyfully in every stage. There is something to especially enjoy in each stage. As I enter the twilight of my life, the satisfaction that my ego (sense of self) has expanded from this one God given body to many. Seeing this geometric expansion to the 3rd generation is...