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No, but rely on Jesus' all-powerful victory, especially his resurrection power, to enable you through your prayers to gain Jesus' triumph more and more in your life. It's a lifelong process; I know, I'm almost 82, and I still struggle against my sinful nature. Prayer is the key (Ephesians 6:10-20).

There are many explanations. It's very hard interpreting prophecies about the future until their fulfillment. All of us need to be, at least partly, pan-millennialists--it will all PAN out!! :love:

I agree with everything you write, fellow "B." I would add that after 56 years of marriage before my dear wife died, the words in Ephesians 5, "Love your wives as Christ loved the church," ring true. However, we men have to realize that loving our wives is not an emotion that comes and goes. I...

Please give examples of verses that give you these feelings, and then we have something to talk about. I've read through the Bible many, many times and have never had such a feeling. Maybe, you might train your mind rather than your feelings to listen to the words of the Bible, because God...

I'm interested in knowing what historical evidence you have for your statement. On the other hand, if your statement were correct, wouldn't there be stories about it in Native American culture. As it is, there are none. Are you a Mormon?

I suggest study on matters about which the Bible DOES have answers.

How do you know, for sure, who is elect and who is not around you? I don't know people's hearts and whether they are truly saved (elect) or not. Only God knows, for sure. I know that God can save people as his elect late in life, because my dad became a Christian at the age of 77, two years...

I was taught in Christian college that the Gap Theory says that there is a gap in history between the first two verses of the Bible to account for the evidence of ageing in God's creation, which began in verse one. That creation was destroyed, and God made a new one beginning in Genesis 1:2. I...

I did a word-study of the word "day" in the Bible not too long ago. I noticed that when the word "day" is used with humans, it almost invariably refers to the 24-hour day. However, when God is involved, the length of "day" has a much-longer meaning, for what it's worth. I don't think that the...

One very good method of interpretation, especially of Paul, is to find the principle in a passage, in this case, verse 3 of 1 Corinthians 3, and to recognize his cultural application of that principle to his culture, wearing head-coverings. Take the principle, don't throw it out, and apply it to...

However, the whole context in Galatians is talking about our relationship with Christ, not with each other at all.

On what biblical basis can you possibly make this conclusion, fellow Christian?

Again, what does your comment have to do with Paul's opinion of women?

Fellow Christian, what do your comments have to do with Paul's opinion about women, which is this post's subject?

You do realize that the Book of Revelation is highly-symbolic. One clue to the symbolism in that chapter is that the dragon is explained as the devil. Therefore, the woman is also symbolic; I believe that she is, therefore, the Old Testament people of God, who "gave birth" to the Messiah, Jesus.

The only "rapture" I see in the Bible is in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, where Jesus comes down from heaven with the souls of believers who have died. We who are still alive will rise to meet him and them in the air, while he raises all of us to give us our eternal bodies. The Final Judgment will...

No, ultimately, it doesn't matter whether the devil or your sinful nature put your thought there. It does matter whether or not the thought agrees with the Bible's teachings or not. That's where Buddhism and the Bible part ways.

The Bible (and Paul) reflects God's teachings, which are between two cultural extremes, the male dominance of the past and the equalitarianism of the present. To interpret Paul's writings, we have to go back to Genesis 1, where God made humans male and female, implying equality of status before...

You have demonstrated the big problem I have with their beliefs. They have put Pope-approved tradition alongside the Bible, an unbiblical traditionalism.

I agree with you to a point. When I was at the end of my major depression, God used the wonderful people at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health (Hospital) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to get me in touch with the great anger and anxiety in my unconscious mind. He also used the Bible's many passages...