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Hi EmethAlethia I agree i think one has to remain spiritually aware of all that's going on around to try and establish that 'firm base' within to find some surety. but Jesus is saying a lot of people will just go with the flow. this just resonates with me on so many levels I think we all have...

A third possibility is it wasn't his mother or step-mother but the leader of a church may be called the 'father' of the church, as Paul says he wishes to become a father to them (perhaps replacing the previous one!). So the guy was sleeping with the pastor's wife and that was the problem. Of...

Some of the manifestations that are claimed to be 'of God' are of the enemy, the book 'strange fire' i think it's called discusses this

Yes that is a 'tree beard' kind of wise saying. It's unfortunate how politicised gender has become and I wonder if that influences things on here, I do hope it can be discussed free of those influences. It just seems to me what a great role women have played in scripture beyond what might be...

If women are not supposed to preach how come Jesus let the Samaritan woman tell everyone in her village about him? And why did he allow Mary to witness his resurrection to the other disciples? This is a role model for women preachers Ephesians does reflect what one church believed yes

yes I think it really is, this is what matters I just don't think speaking in tongues is for me or everyone just some that's all

how come you don't seem worried by that? what puts you in the right group :) for me i think it is meant to keep us on our toes, ie to not be complacent or end up doing evil things because Jesus knew that his followers could and would fall into this, and from history we know he was right point...

bottom line - if speaking in tongues is considered essential for faith then it demonstrates a lack of faith

A key role of the son is to make the Father known People knew the name Yahweh but were not being presented with accurate information about his nature, eg by the pharisees Jesus therefore came as 'the image of the Father' to reveal his true identity and nature, and reveal the covenant...

Christians i know - speaking in tongues is a 'requirement'. they always ask if you do because real Christians do I tell them i do in private prayer only not in public and that seems to satisfy them. i make it obvious i don't think its essential in other ways... the tongues speaking i heard...

John says is best? "a man cannot receive anything unless it is given him from heaven" the difference between being a child of God and being God is life and death. the serpent said you can be God, Jesus says you can be a child of God through grace. one is ugly the other is beautiful.

ah i see what you're saying, we're supposed to have Jesus within us, formed within us, but if we feel our nature is corrupt then how can Jesus be within us? Christ's transforming power works within to do this not by relying on ourselves. most of the legalism comes from the church leadership...

I think it helps to understand Jewish theology which is very anthropomorphic, God is spoken of as having hands, eyes, a face, a heart. This to me is superior to Greek abstractions. I feel God permits us to relate to him through the body that we have, so because we have a heart we know God has...

Peter, doesn't everyone understand that, and doesn't that form a large part of biblical interpretation? the entire old testament is basically about a relationship between God and his people, crowned by the Song of songs i think some Christians miss the reforming and changing nature of the...

i think the foundation is a relationship with God through the Holy Spirit based on love, in Jesus and like Jesus did. its so essential to try and keep renewing and living in this relationship to know how to see ourselves and keep on track etc.

its more than this, they want a marxist state in it's entirety, pretty this is all political. its a class war which does not ultimately care about the minorities its leveraging to start its communist revolution

there's also the fact Paul had great problems maintaining order and many opponents as he states openly. by teaching this half his problems disappear! although in jest, Paul's zeal for the spread of the faith does seem to enter doctrinal areas at times, its zeal+culture maybe, but if he hadn't...

Both i think i mean as far as i know, the trouble is this whole gay question has been politicised no end which i personally find more objectionable and yucky is the whole agenda that's around it now i think gay folk are actually being used its pretty crazy.

the church i go to doesn't advertise this, but it welcomes gay Christians in on the basis that they are adults and if they think God accepts it, then its between them and God. so they don't pronounce it either a sin or not a sin, its individualised. they seem keen to move on to other issues and...

"The role of the Christian woman is to be deep in the word" i'm going to steal this, it's perfect and sums it all up in a few words. sending to a friend of mine now