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Jesus said that we should come to Him to find rest. The Christian life is not a set of standards that we have to meet. That is dead religion. Jesus has already done everything necessary to please God. Rest in the finished work that Jesus achieved by His death and resurrection. Study God's word...

He's 18 and legally independent, at least where I live. Interfering in adult relationships can be a disaster. I know that from experience. All you can do is pray and ask God for wisdom. Many young people go off the rails, only to return later. You can ask God to protect him as much as possible...

How about organising something yourselves? Since you are mature (hopefully) adults, get together and work out what you can do. You do not have to meet in a bar. Maybe a hike, visit a zoo, lunch at a nice park or go bowling. You could even (shock, horror) meet at someone's home as they did in the...

I knew that I was forgiven the moment that I accepted Christ. It was like a great weight came off me. The gospel was preached to me thoroughly. All I knew at the time was that I was a sinner and Jesus had paid the price. I think we can make things overly complicated. The reality is that all the...

There is a difference between the indwelling Spirit and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 8:9 "You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you.") It is possible to be indwelt by the Spirit and not baptised in the Spirit. It is not...

Good questions. We know by faith. Faith is simply confidence and trust. Ultimately, we believe God's word because He says so and He is God. God's word says that wants to give us the Holy Spirit. All we need do is ask with persistence, if necessary. (Luke 11:13) Faith is not feelings. Faith is...

It works. I stopped fasting after a serious illness. I put on weight that I find hard to take off. The medical profession does not help. They can't agree what a healthy weight is.

I happen to agree with Professor Tour. The word "was" can be accurately translated "became". I've read a good deal on this subject and it is obvious to me that there was a creation prior to Adam that was also destroyed by a world wide flood. Larry Ollison goes into this in depth. You can find...

God does not violate His own nature. He does not love arbitrarily like humanity. God is love. His nature does not change according to circumstances. "Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn...

Knowing something will happen is not the same as planning for it to happen. Decades ago, I bought a bike for my young son so he could learn to ride. I watched him take off and warned him that he would fall off if he did not slow down. He ignored me and duly fell off. Obviously I did not buy the...

The amount of compute power that AI has available is very little compared to human intelligence. Unless chip design is vastly improved. AI will never compete. AI already demands as much energy as a small country. People complain about EV charging putting a strain on the power grid. AI is not...

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God is love. If He stops loving sinners, He ceases to be God. Your question is insulting. People are in hell because of their own decisions. God is not obliged to save anyone. He did not make anyone sin. I do not believe that there are any sinners who do not regret their decisiosn. That's part...

Matthew 28:18-20 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you...

Christians have choices too. Jesus said that you had to be born again even to see the Kingdom of God. The purpose of being born again is to serve God's Kingdom - here on the earth. Not every believer is willing to pay the price. Paul said, "And the Lord will rescue me from every evil action and...