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Thank you for explaining. I now understand your conclusion or your direction even if I don't understand the 'why' of it. What you have posted thus far does not separate it for me into two gospels or the need for two gospels. What would be the point of God doing that? Very simply what I see...

Indeed! I saw the same problem with the title and it sure muddied the waters for me when I tried to understand his point in the lengthy OP.

Yes, slowly but surely we continue to age and no matter what we used to be able to do and to tolerate, it is less now. What comes to my mind is my relationship with the kids. When my own two were at home I would get down on the floor and play with them. With my grandchildren I did the same...

Sometimes I guess I complain because I can. The cold for me is real enough, but I really shouldn't complain as I have certainly been a lot more uncomfortable. The very worst winter for me was the one I spent in West Berlin in 1969-1970. I remember wondering why those 2½ million people would...

Well when I was younger I spent 2 winters in Wyoming and 1 winter in West Berlin. A bit over a year ago they put me on a blood thinner and now in the summer time when its over 100 F [38 C] I often like it outside better than in many of the air conditioned buildings where I have to put on a light...

You and me on the old bones. This may be my worst winter. I am cold no matter what.

Thank you for this additional contribution. I have made note of the sources you quoted for possible reading myself at some later date.

Even that word "conservative" like the word "liberal" has different meanings to different people, similar, I would say, to the differences among believers in Jesus as to what it means to be "saved"? Don't you agree? Have you ever heard the expression: "Creeping worldiness"?

Arrogance, yes, perhaps we could call it that.. or pride? [Sometimes maybe we, you and I, get so full of ourselves because of what God has shown us and then believing we know just exactly what God wants accomplished, we get angry on God's behalf; we forge ahead on our own initiative and in our...

Oh, my bad then. I misunderstood your starting premise. Carry on.

While what was portended may be here, that does not mean that each us must be joined to him in his rebellion. Many died then, but not the whole congregation. Not even the whole congregation died before entering the Promised Land. There is hope!

See also the words written by John here: "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father...

Many people are "changed" when they meet the Master. They then see what I they could not see before. This is vision given to a blind man. "He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see." John 9:25 But seeing does not...

@Prayer Warrior Or perhaps the translation used in Col 2:10 is a little confusing. Prayer Warrior's version says "you have been made complete in Christ". The several English versions I have checked plus both my Spanish and German versions do not use a past tense of the verb "to be" at all but a...

Even so... The good thing is that we have the new man who need never get old and die. Give God the glory!

You sure nailed me on that stiff necked and the waxing old and stiff part. My neck has been stiff and giving me pain all of the time for a number of years now. I'm used to it now, so I only mention it even to my wife when it is especially bad which happens every now and again. On the proud part...

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Tonight or very early in the AM of tomorrow that big arctic air blast will hit coming down from Canada. I guess that is what @"ByGrace" is already feeling. Today's high temp was 74 F [23.3 C] but tomorrow's high is to be about 37 F [2.8 C]. Unfortunately my wife and I have an appointment set at...

What we do should be and must ultimately be directed by God in us. We may be doing some of those things: prayers, fastings, giving alms, reading the scriptures, but always our Director is not to be our own self, but the Holy Spirit in us. It needs to be the Holy Spirit in us directing us to do...

That is not by chance close to Joel's bar is it? If so we a may meet in passing, but Joel's only serves that "new wine", ya know...!