Recent content by TM19782017

I was gonna start a thread but your point and mine are similar. I like to read many versions of any particular verse and to just see if there is an additional nugget to be seen. Only thing that can be confusing is, when I arrive at a translation that substitutes a different word from MOST...

I am someone who ponders everything, have a problem with taking something at face value. While searching for answers, “That’s just the way it is” and, “I don’t know” never sat well within me. So I wonder with many on this site, what questions have you pondered while reading? What verse or...

Very true but, does the reader believe God already wrote the destiny before they were born OR, the destiny is in the process of being joined together?

I have heard many times over how some are so adamant about which version is the correct version to be reading, which is their right to express. However, I wonder how many others are a little more open minded. My go to is the NIV but, when I read my daily verse I will search the verse in all...

Agreed! The words he spoke, echoed inside the believers. Today we do the same thing when a good movie portrays a loving emotion and, it strums the guitar string inside

I have tried to dissect this verse also. I have looked at it and ask myself, is this a form of favoritism? If it is a form of favoritism, there must be a reason. It would also conflict other verses in the Bible. Fast forward in the Bible and we learn and know that there is no favoritism with...

I understand all the festivities being called Pagan. However, the word metaphor can so easily be applied and how you see things change. If all you see is a big fat guy in a red suit that they call Santa, you are looking at it in 1 way. If you imagine Santa from the north, being a metaphor for...

Good topic and one I have thought about recently. In everyday life, The Lord has helped me become very controlled.....When prior incidents of voicing anger arise, I SPEAK out loud either, “I have done that at one time also” or, the killer of all angry rebuttal towards a brother or sister, “...

I agree totally with this statement. I seriously believe that when the one teaching, reveals all his flaws and mistakes and reveals the connection of how they arrived at this strong conviction...That is the best kind of leadership. Our human stubbornness believes that we can arrive at that...

Agree totally! If you look at the Bible as a big dictionary, defining just one word “God” As opposed to just a bunch of stories.

You believe that you read a verse that rings strongly within you BUT, when you go to search for that verse again, you cannot find it. I have not read the entire Bible (NIV is the version I read) I do like to cross reference the KJV I topic search for whatever topic surrounds my thinking each...

I honestly believe that the endless question of why is put there so that we don’t stay complacent and keep reaching for more no matter how old we are. We all know people who study their particular field of study, get their masters degree, then pump the brakes as if they know all they need...

This question leads my mind to the story about the women caught in adultery that said according to Mosaic law, she should be stoned. What Jesus did, after they tried to trip him up has always been a little baffling to me until, I heard someone else explain the verses in a different way. Jesus...

I think the major mistake of some preachers, leaders, teachers, etc.... can make is, giving off a vibe that they personally know what you should do. I am not saying they are intentionally doing that but delivery and tone may give out the vibe....I believe, when teachers are able to speak a...

I must say that, TRUSTING TIMING, seems to be the hardest and most necessary ingredient in our walk with God.