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My paternal grandmother was Pentecostal Holiness from 1913 at the age of 22 until her death in 1985. When in her later years a number of the old standards of hair and dress were diminished, she held fast in spite of what many or most of the young folks were doing. She always stood with God...

Few people understand that laying on of hands is too important to be taken lightly: "Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure." I Tim 5:22 Is this what the writer here calls a principle to be left behind [not forgotten] when a believe is ready...

If I were to try to stock up food in our little apartment for hard times, we could fill it to the roof and it still would not last very long at all. If God wants to keep us here when the supplies dwindle [in the supermarkets, and/or in my apartment] He is most certainly able to provide: "And...

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@Episkopos Welcome back! Glad you gained some good things from your trip. I really wish I could take my wife on such a such a trip, but unfortunately the cost of living increases while our income remains the same. It's OK because we went lots of places when we were young and really wanting to...

I was already out of the army and attending San Jose State College/University when it was popular [around 1968].

Continued from previous post: @VictoryinJesus Do we suppose that God's Way can always be understood by careful logical deduction? Are there not many people in this world of men on planet Earth who are unable to correctly proceed logically in their own minds? Because they are only average or...

What God gave to men in giving the choice of obeying Him or not obeying Him in the garden and now, was a choice between [God/Life/Good/Holy Spirit] or uncertainty [mammon/death/evil/fleshly spirit]. This choice has never changed nor ever been removed us: "And the LORD God commanded the man...

This is so of many things. Did you know that a single can of Coca Cola is worse for your body than a single can of beer? "For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence." Rom 14:20 "All things are lawful unto me, but all...

She is back although not as frequently as before. She'll catch up with you. Patience.

Your lack of real understanding of why Jesus was sent to is showing. "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I [Jesus] come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10

You are not understanding that the Bible is a part of God's plan as we are a part of His plan. Do you believe you know better than God what is best? Also consider this: "And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." Col 1:17 All things includes you and me!

Those verses speak pretty clearly to me specifically only of the excessive intake of alcohol, not really opposing an occasional casual drink of a little as Paul puts it for your stomach's sake. Each person must, however, come to their own understanding [conviction] with God on this.

It is not always meaningful in the sense of which you speak. As you may know in my regular Bible reading I read the Luther version where all nouns are always capitalized. This is regardless of whether they depict God or what grammatical role they have in a sentence. But... this is the way they...

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I've cut back on both, but eliminated neither. I don't consider them sinful, at least not at my present usual rate of consumption. One of my worst sins these days is to desire to lash out at people on forums who cannot seem to get through their thick head that I am right. Sometimes I yield to...

This is not so. I jump into your threads at times in hopes of steering people toward what I see as more important things. People may indeed get tattoos without sinning but the tattoo parlor is not likely to be the best place to make all of our investments. "And Jesus answered and said unto...

In Luther's version he uses words [Befleißig dich] meaning "Be diligent" instead of the KJV "study". In the Spanish Valera it says [Procura con diligencia] meaning "strive (or manage) with diligence" instead of "study". I'd say our understandings of the verse are quite similar.

Carry on my friend. I see the distinction you make, but my own belief here is unchanged.