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Excellent thinking skills Embankment: My only answer to you: pray at all times, and use the gift of discernment of spirits. Story. Went to a church while visiting Peru. A guy approached me and in a very aggressive manner said: I have nothing, no clothes, nothing, what are you gonna do about...

Hi eedyaH. Many stretches and positions in yoga are superb, pilates is also good, but some real hard poses in yoga (not found in pilates) can truly develop proprioception (key to many sports) and balance / coordination / engagement of support muscles. It is true that Jesus was not born in...

Rehbein wrote: "Peter IS NOT above Christ our Lord...........he is really not above any other saved, sanctified, justified believer in the eyes of God. Jesus said that John the Baptist was the greatest among men, but even he was far less than anyone in Heaven........." We understand that Peter...

Sorry, I did not understand what you were asking. Formally I do not teach. Many times taking courses and having to present synthesized information, many persons have asked me if I am a teacher. I am not. I do have God given capacity to do basic research and kind of get to the root variables in...

Kind of went over my head, I will have to sit and really try to understand. Since Jesus is a hypostasis of God, I understood that theoretically He can be in million places at the same time if needed (to fulfill the "where 2 or 3 gather in my name" deal (which could happen in million places at...

Excellent question to explore: many think there is a hierarchy of response to those in need: 1 the Bible says that those that do not provide for the family are worst than unbelievers. 2 The brothers in the faith may take precedence over unbelievers if the need is the same 3 more vulnerable...

Sounds like the typical life of a Roman soldier back in Jesus times, and it just happens that one of them had more faith than most in Israel. I eventually have to read the following...

See a post of mine in another thread: #19

Nice question Embankment. If I am not mistaken Caths distinguish between mortal and venial sins, but that does not seem to be in the Bible. Roughly speaking to me there are two categories: Unpardonable sin: blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (and there seems to be no consensus on what that...

Hi 1371, could you share with us a rough outline of the steps involved in your personal walk with God? It sounds like you abandoned an interesting process that maybe you took for granted. Thanks.

Howdy Umzza. We do not have the whole context of the situation, so we may miss critical variables that can be controlled by you, or that cannot. I would say welcome to the club. And how do you think Jesus felt when religious leaders preferred anything but Him, the creator of it all? But guess...

Thanks for speaking your mind. Any activity has a lot of elements to it. And sometimes some elements are neutral in the moral aspect. Are martial arts bad? many think yes. But guess what, if it wasn't for the Spartans, we would be under tyranny and mysticism, and the West as a culture would...

Hi dcontroversal, can you explain more about the difference please.

This was explained in another post in this thread: "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" is considered a speech used in a very specialized style called liturgical jargon or language. Jesus never spoke like that, and that is part of the Internal evidence experts use to tell...

Hi preacher4truth, how do you split the quotes to answer to each theme one at a time?

I understand what you say, but I am not sure about a devious purpose. You know the adage the way to hell is paved with good intentions. To me their intention was not that bad: fight the Arianism heresy. Now the means was incorrect. If they changed Scripture, that is a no no. My concern is...

Seems like the messenger is wanted shot. The real question is: how much has each believer investigated deeply the issue? To start: http://www.godglorified.com/collection_of_evidence.htm Then the superior research skills of well intentioned grace saved believers could be put to good use to...

Thanks for the info, very nice. Just as there is a difference between a church member and an outreach disciple, there is also a big difference between empowering and exploiting. Many times well intentioned ministries fail to see the difference, and damage their credibility. Look at the...

LOL, blue ladybug, remember most ministers are men, and do not have the ability to catch subtle clues like many femmes do. Can you tell when a persons is surrounded by unclean spirits, and into occultist practices? most can't those that do usually have the gift of discernment of spirits, or are...

I hear you. Sometimes is the system that is not right, and people get caught in a no win situation. I was thinking about the Church and some of the problems it is going through. Some fine christian thinkers and authors have identified key variables that may be affecting the situation: What...