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I’m currently reading John 17 daily for a week in my personal intensive Bible reading plan. What I‘m interested in learning is why you didn’t mention him in your post.

Jesus has the answer to your ”maybe”.

I doubt that, but I’ll take it. :) What about Jesus’ God and Father?

I like your attitude. The pastor, so far as I’m aware, isn’t a registered member of this platform. I’m doing here what he is doing on X. One might think of it as me, unofficially, acting as his agent / representative. I don’t know him. He didn’t send me. He’s getting a good response on X. I’m...

The pastor / person is reading the room. It’s a fact finding mechanism. What is on the mind of his audience. That, specifically, is what he will address. In other words, meeting people where they are.

Merriam-Webster definition of pacifism - “1. opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes 2. an attitude or policy of non-resistance” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pacifism Does the definition reflect the teaching and practice of Jesus and the apostles? Jesus...

Let me rephrase to make it a more generic question: Why would any pastor - to make it even more generic, any person - ask a question which he knows before asking is so broad in scope? The pastor / person is casting a wide net.

“Some Christians don’t want the Prince of Peace; they want a prince who packs a piece.” (John Fugelsang, Separation of Church and Hate, p. 244) Mr. Fugelsang has a point, but I think it’s too sharp. All Christians want the Prince of Peace. The issue is what his followers are to be doing...

How would you describe pacifism? Do you think of it as passive, doing nothing at all?

“God did not create you to live for the temporary pleasures of this world. He created you to know him and glorify his name forever.” - Trevor Sheatz

“HERE WE HAVE IT AGAIN: CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS DESTROYING THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. How much further can this go? We now have the extraordinary situation where St. Paul’s Cathedral is being made available to a nightclub for the next four years. Let that sink in. A building that was...

”UK: It was recently announced that the historic St. Paul’s Cathedral in London will now be used to host raves as a nightclub. We condemn this sacrilege and call on biblical Christian leaders across Britain to do likewise and see this despicable decision reversed.”...