Recent content by Bruce_Leiter

Look beyond this question to the meaning of it. Wine or grape juice is similar in color to blood, which is the point of Jesus' taking wine. But most churches use grape juice because of the need to care for those who may tend to be an alcoholic.

That commandment is for everyone, but what about the following verse calling husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church and verse 20, where we're all called to submit to each other? As much as husbands serve the needs of their wives, God raises them up to provide direction for the...

I'm with you, Blade, in your quest. May God bless people through us!!

As an 82-year-old Christian, I say that you would do well to follow the guidelines of Scripture, (1 Corinthians 10:31) "So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" and (Exodus 20:12) "Honor your father and your mother." If you can get their permission and give...

Yes, Magenta, prayer is the pathway through Jesus to God's gift of true peace!! (Book: What God Has Done: My True, Dramatic God-Biography, Amazon).

(1) What do you do for a living? How can you do it differently to honor God? (2) Do you think that being a Christian means that you have to give up all those activities? Don't you know that you can do some of them to honor God, who is not a killjoy? (Others should be given up, because they...

It's not funny, but I'm single after 56 years of marriage to my dear wife, who died in 2020, because God has given me his gift of singleness, according to Paul (1 Corinthians 7) and Jesus.

You say rightly the Muslims' beliefs about Muhammad, but you share the other side of you post, who Jesus is. His claims are in the Gospel of John clearly.

The word curse is derived from two Hebrew words. "barak" and "lo" which interpreted means to "bless not". The Hebrew word "barak" Strongs H1288 always means a form of bless, translated bless 302 times out of 330 times. When the Hebrew word "lo" occurs with "barak" it means bless not, and it has...

No, I don't believe, on the basis of the New Testament (Hebrews and Colossians 2) that the dates of the Old Testament feasts are at all important. Their meanings are important and carry over to the New Testament. However, because the Old Testament outward forms have been done away by Jesus'...

When a person first believes in and becomes committed to following Jesus, the new believer's sins are forgiven. That is, the divine Judge, the Father, declares us "not-guilty" and right with him. However, we still have sinful natures in us against which we need to struggle our whole lives. It's...

Thank you for sharing your story. Where is God in your story? I'm curious. My grown daughter hasn't communicated with me for a long time, and it is a big mystery to me why, because I never even once abused her. However, I have let her go by God's grace, as he appears to have enabled you to do...

Suggestions: Try not watching those videos before you try to get to sleep so that you can fall to sleep better, spend your time during the day praying for God's provision of a job of his choosing while you apply for them (read 1 and 2 Thessalonians, in which they had the same idea to quit their...

I have written many times on "X" and Facebook that Israel has a right to defend itself. Maybe, we can all do the same.

My answer to your self-reliant and God-reliant division is 1 Thessalonians 5:17, "Pray without ceasing." We must seek God's will through prayer for small and large decisions, no matter what they are.