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They kill by asphyxiation all right. They attempt to starve us of the oxygen of wanting truth and they substitute pleasure. I pray in my dreams when the sexual pressure is applied and God comes to my aid every time.

If I want all the egg and you want some if it, compromising is a good thing but if you want me to stick a needle up my arm then compromise doesn’t look attractive anymore.

Old Nick knows how to crush. I can relate to much of what you have shared. Be strong papadam as I know you will be. Not long to go.

Hello Alice, Welcome to the forum. Even though men fail you there is one who sticks closer than a brother. He will not.

It It is encouraging to see depth of insight and focus on what matters namely Jesus. As Paul says, he is the fullness of God revealed. Whew!!!

Alison, we are to be as careful of the movies we watch as we are the books we read and the friends we make. We need exposure to peaceful, harmonious and reassuring influences around us. Do not deliberately expose yourself to Satan’s methods of entrapment.

I see you want to categorise. To set up a me and them mentality. I have no interest in categorisation. It holds no attraction.

To define our terms, Immortality means not subject to death. The above text is out of context re the issue discussed. Something to consider….. The tree of life in Eden as I understand it was for the purpose of perpetuating life. After their rebellion Adam and Eve no longer had access to it...

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It is belief in the immortality of the soul that colours many of the theological positions held today. This is the root that fouls clean waters. It is the heart of spiritualism the which in our day is being accepted as a higher consciousness. As you have rightly said, it is the base lie that...

Why Jesus was not a myth. Context is either our friend or our enemy. We choose the allegiance we offer.

I find it interesting that Jesus does not use the methods we expect of him. He wasn’t the Messiah the Jews expected either. At times Jesus healed with a word, at another time he made mud and put it on a blind mans eyes and then asked him to wash it off (participation). At another he allowed...

What I say is not Gods word (canon), that is clear. We are to test what others say in the light of Gods Word without violating context, not extra biblical writings. I would ask you to reconsider the progression of your logic in your above statement.

If we ask, why would he want them to buy swords? we might be hard pressed to find an answer given he also said he who uses the sword will die by the sword. But, if we see his words as a figure of speech it becomes clearer to understand. The Word of God is spoken of as a sword in many places. A...

I would say they are on display, in other words not hidden. It is clear to all what the crime is.

God has overseen the record of his word and has sealed it. Further additions of the early church fathers is not part of the cannon. If it were the scripture would be open to any angle of interpretation. Those who came after the apostles and are deemed 'church fathers' in many cases were in...

The Scripture does not give us any information on this. If the scripture is silent on certain matters it is inappropriate that we cobble together a theory on the matter. If we do we are stand on forbidden ground.

Yes, there is more in this story as you have stated. This is the case in all of Jesus's parables and we are to glean these insights for our growth. These stories are bottomless. They deliver messages afresh to even the most informed. Having said they deliver messages afresh does not mean they...

I am of the understanding that in Jesus telling the story of Abraham and Lazarus he was using a well known myth to illustrate the finality of death in regards to choices. It was never intended as a description of the hereafter. There are to many flaws to consider it literal and some of the...

John 11:1-43 records the death and the resurrection of Lazarus the brother of Mary and Martha and friend of Jesus. In their home Jesus found rest and repose from weary miles of foot travel and a safe haven away from the religious vigilantes who were constantly plotting and seeking his life...