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I chose the way of Jesus and the apostles; the role of believers. I sided with them and teach others to do likewise. The way of the Muslims and the Crusaders isn’t their / my way. You chose the way of the Muslims and the Crusaders; the role of the state. You sided with the Crusaders.

Another blessing from above. I can’t wait to see your face when Jesus vindicates me. And he will.

I like everything about your advice except for the implied limitation concerning Paul’s Epistles. I would broaden your advice, to include all scripture - the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament; the entirety of the Bible.

I’m truly sorry that has happened to you. That’s the spirit of the world - or as @Riven would say, the way of the world. Jesus is calling people to come out of the spirit / way of the world. Those of us who have responded to his call remain in the world, but we are not of the world. We live as...

We have sources outside of scripture which acknowledge the claim. I agree that we do. However, it hasn’t been shown that the apostles were liars, exaggerated, or were mistaken. Between the time of his death and the writings of the gospels - a couple of decades - we have oral transmission...

I’m sorry that you have. I have been too. Even worse in my case, I’ve hurt followers of Jesus. We are are examples of persons who have been hurt by followers of Jesus - be they genuine or false - and have cleared it from the path; not allowing it to keep us from being followers of Jesus.

You haven’t recognized it yet, but I have. That’s why we’re having this conversation. Jesus wants you to recognize it. We can see him in his followers. I do. He wants you to. Have you been hurt by people who said they were his followers?

Mankind has done a lousy job managing the world. But I think that’s also part of the reason that the end hasn’t come yet. Not all men think we‘ve botched it. God is going to allow man to get a bellyful of his mismanagement so that man will not say that we were on our way to making the earth a...

That stems from either not believing that there is a God, or believing that there is a God (or even gods) who has abandoned us to our own devices. We’ll obviously have to come back to this. You presently recognize no authority other than man. Let’s start there. Man has rules. If we break the...

I was just reappointed this month to serve another three years on the Kentucky Citizen Foster Care Review Board in the county where I currently reside. We have a meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning, and a few of the children are homosexual and transgender. They are loved by their foster care...

It’s sin, but it’s not the unforgivable sin. Sin can be forgiven. Jesus doesn’t want us to turn our backs on our children. However, neither does Jesus want us to put our children (or anything else) before him. I haven’t had this problem to clear. I know quite a number of people who have had...

Yes. I’m always interested in learning about what keeps a person from following Jesus. I’ve never encountered a reason that hasn’t been cleared by someone. I may not have had to clear the reasons that are in your way, but I’m sure someone has. Would you like to clear them? I think it is fair...

As I sit down to eat lunch, I’m chewing on a pimento cheese sandwich… and Luke 6:40. It’s impossible for someone to believe that the teaching of Jesus is divorced from reality to win over the Muslims.

I’m learning how to win over Muslims on the go, by studying what others are doing - learning from both their successes and their failures. One thing I’ve learned is that celebrating the Crusades isn’t the way. That’s waving a red cape in front of a raging bull; it hardens the hearts of Muslims...

So just one of many then. Thank you for helping me see that. These many reasons are obstacles separating you from Jesus. If it were possible, would you like to clear those obstacles from the path?

The truth is seen - whether it is recognized and acknowledged or not is another matter - when the teaching of Jesus and the apostles concerning how the followers of Jesus are to treat their enemies is placed beside the way that the crusaders and the Muslims treated one another, and the way that...

Does celebrating the Crusades - which ultimately ended in failure - help or harm evangelization of Muslims?

I did. God and the Messiah - not the Catholic Church - saved Christianity. Romans 13:1-4. The state, not the followers of Jesus, is the mechanism used to protect the followers of Jesus. The Christianity that was protected is the Christianity that the Catholic Church-State persecuted. Please...

If your conscience isn’t seared it will. I quote extensively from the book in the “Reason for The Crusades explained” thread. I reject both.

So do I.