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How did Jesus teach us to pray? "Our Father...."

God has taught me to fellowship with him all the time every day in constant prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). Then, he pops into my brain thoughts for his direction for my life, especially in my case ideas for books he wants me to write.

Job and his three "friends" all had bad theology. They believed the idea of their day that a big sin brought on extreme suffering. Therefore, his "friends" put Job down because he MUST have done some huge sin to bring about his great suffering, whereas Job knew that he had been...

So, what conclusion would you draw from your analysis? What difference does it make?

Always remember that the Three are ONE God too.

It has always meant that the "right hand" of the king's throne is the favored advisor or counselor. In that era, the king's power and rulership were absolute. Anyone who advised the king was subordinate to him. Equality of status had nothing to do with it. However, the three Persons of the ONE...

It is the same gospel at two different stages of salvation history and from two different viewpoints. Different emphases produce different approaches. You throw too much at your fellow forum participants. Take one or two contrasts and their passages for discussion. I can't deal with all that you...

Do you mean that Jesus wasn't human?

I'm curious, fellow Christians, why you hold onto the outward form of the national laws given through Moses, when it's clear from the New Testament that that outward legal form has been abolished by Jesus' death (Colossians 2), even though their inner meanings have continued for all Christians.

Isa 53:1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? Isa 53:2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. Isa...

I'm afraid that the KJV occasionally leads us astray; the correct translation is "relent," meaning a "change." God changes from his justice to his mercy in response to human repentance, but he always has both qualities.

I agree with you! We need to find churches that agree with the Bible more than with our culture.

Where?

I have to say that the KJV, which is usually a good translation, is wrong in saying that God "repented," according to the Bible's own meaning of that word. Repentance means that sin is involved. The modern translations are more accurate in using the word "relent," that is, changed his mind. I...

I'm putting you on my prayer list for God's guidance. I'm uncomfortable with the term "free will." Where in the Bible did you get that phrase? I don't find it there. I suggest that you start with the Bible's teachings instead of your own thinking. For example, the Bible says for us to pray all...

Because of a required Greek major to get into seminary, like Jonah, I "ran away" from God's call. While I was an English teacher, I had God's skills to teach school but not his spiritual gifts. Then, he renewed his call to the ministry and gave me his spiritual gifts of preaching (prophecy) and...

God's words concerning the three friends is often misquoted. God never said that they said anything wrong, and God never said anything about them in reference to Job. Job 42:7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is...

I do too. When I was toward the end of my seven-year period of major depression, Job and the Psalms were God's gift to me for my comfort. Almost half of the Psalms are at least part lament, which is not in our culture but is a pattern in Scripture. You can see, also, Job chapters 3, 7, and 10...

One of the challenges of the Christian life is to give over more and more of our time to bring honor to God. However, there are actions that unbelievers do which we can do, but with very different motives. Let me give you an example from my own life. I hated farm work and was bored with the...

Hebrews 4:14-16, especially verse 15, says that Jesus was tempted in every way we are: Heb 4:14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. Heb 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to...