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A good example of this is Eric Liddell of "chariots of fire" fame. He won gold at the Olympic games AND was an exemplary missionary in China. Quite the feat!

Grace (a five letter word) gives us the means of obeying God's law. We are able to love others because His love is in us. Love fulfills the law.

In our time the mystery of the kingdom is still intact. Who has walked in it?

God indeed sees to our needs. As adults we often don't want to live only by our needs...but our wants. But God knows that our wants lead us away from the God who looks after our needs. :)

Ever since God's intervention at Babel, mankind has witnessed the spiritual phenomenon of a break in the ability to understand each other. The truth is too deep for men to come to agreement without God being directly involved. The truth is owned and supported only by God....not by men without...

...or each have a piece of the puzzle in the bigger picture that few if any can grasp... our differences need not be divisions but rather contributions to a greater whole. I see that not being grasped. Of course there are those who are just plain wrong as well... :rolleyes:

My sincerest condolences.... :(

Great to hear! So how many grandkids is that? We recently had the addition of another grandson....a total now of 12.

Welcome Ezra! :) I would invite you to look at a few authors who are real experts in their various fields of expertise and experience. What is so interesting about them is that they are just as dialectical as the bible is in that they deny the existence of the other.....yet as you put them...

Yes. Jesus is not the "words" plural. I believe the truth of it goes beyond what we moderns can fathom....the word that was made flesh is the Hebrew word YHVH. Immanu el. Proverbs 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a word: but the honour of kings is to search out a word.

In your opinion. There is zero evidence to this stretch in the bible.

A certain poster tends to value opinion over biblical evidence to the contrary. He couldn't wrap his mind around the concept...the biblical concept....that although Jesus was always IN the Father, He was not always a separate person. At some point God divided His person into 2. This had a...

Likewise and thank you! :)

Yes He pre-existed and was there before creation.

When you consider that the Godhead is the family of God....Father and Son. These are One (family). The mystery is that a remnant of human beings will join that family as adopted sons and fellow heirs with Christ. The glory goes to the Father and to His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. :)

The fact remains that God said...TODAY I have begotten you. If both Father and Son always existed....could Jesus say...TODAY I have made a Father for myself? No, the text shows that The Son comes from the Father...and not the other way around. The Father does not come from the Son. That's why...

Jesus said...What is the use of gaining the world only to lose your soul in the process. A Christian while respecting the authority of temporal political leaders...does not seek to wield power over others. This is an excerpt from a famed theologian...Jacques Ellul. "I can very well say...

Such is the case. :) The other thread was about guns. What I meant by power is the power of the gun. Really all temporal power. We are not to seek to dominate others or vanquish them by human means. Of course we fight by the Spirit. But who is going to do that BEFORE they relinquish all human...

I am starting this thread to discuss the difference between the way of Christ by the Spirit...and the modern cultural form of Christianity that seeks to give temporal governments credibility. The Christian way is not just a way of non-violence...but a total renunciation of all temporal power...