Recent content by Smoke

Don't Pentecostals, Baptists, etc... all call themselves Christian as well as whatever denomination they are?

What games do you play?

I really liked what you said here. I would also assume that being married yall must pick and choose your battles. Some people feel every issue must be addressed in a serious manner and/or are quick to take offense. That can put unnecessary strain on relationships. Slow to anger and quick to...

I'm curious what the utility is in putting a hard cap at 30 years of age to the "single adults". I'm familiar of one church who did that, but they had an "older single adults" for anyone above 30 (no hard cap).

I have a hypothetical question. It's a bit strange and I'm sorry if it offends anyone (I do not intend to do this), but the hypothetical question is designed to test your logic/belief system. Let's say I was alive during the time of Jesus. I just witnessed Peter deny Jesus for the third time. I...

Do you believe being a "natural man" is binary or on a spectrum? Can a Christian, especially a newly converted one, be addicted to their sin but understand, on a spiritual level, the need to forsake it? Can someone be a spiritual man/woman who struggles from the default settings of being a...

I remember I would pray and ask God to help me remember all the sins I committed so that I could confess them to the bishop of the church (as I believed that was the only way to truly be forgiven). It saddens me to know people can't fully find peace and comfort that they are covered by the blood...

You literally posted my internal dialogue from my childhood... Thank God I learned what the atonement of Jesus Christ really is.

"Modesty" is very subjective and relative. Do Christian women dress like how the bible describes how women dressed back then? Most don't, so what is modest? Does the modesty standard constantly get shifted between cultures and timelines? Do personal convictions take priority, or do we appeal to...

One of the guy's voice is insane (in a good way)!

From my observation, I've seen people with a savior complex as feeling a sense of nobility for trying to save others even when they aren't ready or willing. Often times, when we look beyond the superficial, their actions aren't as selfless as they appear. It can be used as a manipulative tactic...

I think I agree with almost everything. What trips me up is that I think everyone, even the worst of us, can and does show love in some way (some more than others of course). I agree that when we have been born again, we naturally desire to be obedient to God and His commandments and that we can...

It's a strawman to frame the argument as "Jesus' death is why we don't need to change". The point that I tried to make (my apologies if I did a terrible job making it), is that works aren't an accurate metric in determining a person's salvation. Our works make some people think are deserving of...

We can submit to God but it doesn't guarantee we will not sin again. You asserted "so all of you are saying that we don't even need to submit to God", but I'm not sure who has said that. Where we agree is that when we have Christ living within us (accepting Him as our Savior), we naturally want...

I love that "so they would recognize their need for a Savior". Great point.