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I've suffered sleep paralysis all my life and for me it has always been a negative and extremely distressing experience. I don't know if it comes from spirits or is sif the medical explanation is correct, perhaps both are. For those who are not familliar with the disorder; Sleep paralysys is...

I'm really struggling with the idea of predestination for a select few that God ahs set aside to be spared the torments of eternal hell-fire. As i udnerstand it, all are guilty of sin and fall short of the glory of God. Therefore all deserve hell, but God through his mercy and grace has...

fear isn't good. It's an unpleasant and negative state or mind that we all avoid but we all deal with fearmany times in our life, sometimes we beat it and sometimes it beats us but earlier today I ehar something on one of the Christian channels on Sky Plus (UK Satellite TV). It wa discussion...

In a recent discussion aobut animals having souls I noticed that a distinction was made between soul and spirit, I had always thought these words were interchangeable, both meaning the supernatural aspect of a human being or the part of a human that leaves the body on death and goes back in for...

Happy St George's Day

I was just wondering why Genesis 1 and 2 have two different creation stories and in particular why they deal with the origin of man so differently. Why is God portrayed so differently in genesis 1 to genesis 2 and why is he called Elohim in 1 and Yaweh in 2? Is this evidence of two different...

A friend of mine mentioned this on facebook and I jsut ahd to ahve a look and quite frankly I am frightenend by it. But hardly surprised sicne Islam is so bold that it takes what it wants when it wants to the point that it ahs polluted them mind of the Archbishop of Canterbury who would see...

I've been thinking about this for a while and I'm going to take it to the next level. I've decided to the the RCIA. When I've done that I will know if I want to join the RCC or not. Most of you know I'm an Anglcian whoes beliefs are very similar to Roman Catholicism but I'm getting a bit...

Is it right for believers to fear Hell or should they automatically expect to go to Heaven. I know you can't earn salvation but so many people jsut seem to think that they ahve a free pass to Heaven and I believe that you can't just accept Jesus and then do whatever you like because by...

Pleae watch this video and pray for the Christians of Sudan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Klf12SJN7X0 When I was confirmed I met five bishops of Sudan and I was very impressed and inspired by the courage and resiliance of these people. This makes me thankful to lvie in a Christian country...

As far as I know I'm not an Aspie so I've often wonderd if it is possible for someone with Aspergers syndrome to believe in God/Jesus and to fully relate to Jesus as their personal savour. I don't know any Chrsitians with Apsergers and I do know that they tend to have to see things very...

I've been thinking about hsi for a while. I believe in a loving God but he can also be hard and stern at times like a stern parent he loves us but doesn't coddle us. However, God's love for us is truly amazing and so is his patience when you consider all the awful things man has done goign...

Back in the Autumn I was helping out at my Church's youth group which was being led by the local area missioner (in charge of mission for that area). During the session one boy said "Oh God," to which the missionery screamed bakc, "we don't want any blasphemy here." The kid then asked one of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgmIcm-o2oY I'm interested to see what people think about closed communion. Is it right or wrong or is it neither? Should it be challenged? My opinion is that I can udnerstand both sides of the argument as to wether communion should be open or closed and I'm...

I was reading Mark the other day and thought of howJesus is introduced in ch 1 verses 1-13 before he begins his ministry in that the reader is made aware of exactly who Jesus is but yet Jesus' full identity isn't revealed to the other desicples right away and isntead Jesus reveals himself to the...

Lent is going to start this week and I was wondering what people hee do for Lent. I myself will be going to two Lent groups; one in my Parish and an ecumenical one led by the local Baptist Pastor. It will be kind of like a Bible study group, but focussed on Lent. Oh and I'll be doing the...

I've been comparing the fouir accounts of Jesus' Baptism ad Public proclamation and his temptation in the wilderness and it brings up a few questions. Firstly, why do Matthew and Luke go into detail about the things that the Devil tempted Jesus with when Marka dn john seem to gloss over it...

Last night Channel4 news (its British network) did feature on the plight of Christians living Iraq. Only a few days ago a church was bombed in Bagdad killing 12 people and many Christians have left he city, in fact half of their 1 million Christians have left the country all together...

Was just wondering what people's favourite carols are. Mine is Good King Wnceslaus, though I 'm told that it isn't a bonafide Christmas carol because it mentions the feast of Stephen which is the 26 of December and we in the UK call it Boxing Day. So I suppsoe really it is aboxing day carol...

We are all sinners and most of us can't go two minutes without sinning in one form or another. Most sins, especially the big ones we are aware of and can confess them to God, but what if we commit sins without knowing we have sinned or forget about some of the little sins we have done. When we...