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  1. FredVB

    Natural "Shampoo"

    I came to having whole food from plants and was generally avoiding processed foods, since I found this Forks Over Knives way over seven years ago now. I would say from my experience it is working and I probably am in better shape than I would have been, though I have issues. There are different...
  2. FredVB

    State sanctioned gambling

    God does not actually say government is needed in place of God. As God told Samuel, they have not rejected you, they have rejected me, when the people came to Samuel saying they wanted a ruler such as other nations had. We should really be over that thinking. There is not the right understanding...
  3. FredVB

    State sanctioned gambling

    Governments are corrupt, and putting themselves in places where God should be, in our lives. We should be responsible ourselves, and it is up to us to not engage in things that are wrong. And there would be accountability for us.
  4. FredVB

    Natural "Shampoo"

    God's food is better for us than man's chemistry... indeed! There is understanding in things made by any men, but not all things are seen with that, and none of that understanding is equal to God's understanding. And what God said to start with was in the perfection that comes from God. "Behold...
  5. FredVB

    The Slow Motion Destruction of Donald Trump Has Begun

    I don't think either have been good as leaders of the country, Biden or Trump. Speaking of wrongs that get overlooked on one of them does not indicate support of the other. There is faulty reasoning with that. I do not even think we of society should even be in huge communities and cities. We...
  6. FredVB

    Charismatic Lutherans LCMS

    I was given to that at a brief time early on as a believer, long ago, but realized what I was doing and left it behind. What is of the Spirit furthers the gospel's reach and promotes love and compassion.
  7. FredVB

    Natural "Shampoo"

    As it happens I am not an Adventist, though my thinking overlaps with things they hold, including healthy ways that I pursue yet further than most among them, as in ways we choose to eat. I have visited some Adventist churches for joining in the service. But it is with having read about this...
  8. FredVB

    Is it OK for our churches to have Christmas trees, bingo games, or Easter egg hunts?ts,

    If there is harm done to any then there is something wrong with that. That should be avoided for godliness, in churches and in lives of believers still when they are away from churches. That needs attention.
  9. FredVB

    Natural "Shampoo"

    Thanks for sharing this. I am glad for growing awareness to start avoiding having much of any chemicals in things. Shampoo on the market is certainly such. And there should be awareness to avoid having processed foods. They are not as good for us as whole foods. I found Forks Over Knives...
  10. FredVB

    What did He see?

    The heavenly Father is God to Jesus Christ, and as Logos he is God to the heavenly Father, Hebrews 1:8. They are in full unity, with full agreement, as one being, the Supreme Being, through all eternity, there is just the one true God. And the name of God, that the three who are the one God...
  11. FredVB

    Beware of online ministries

    Ministries are in unexpected places. What draws our attention are the things shown in media, but ministries shown that way are not necessarily the reality that is just God's doing. But people are being reached, with the gospel of salvation in Christ shown to them, and ways of godliness revealed...
  12. FredVB

    Its time to shine saints.....lets bring in the harvest.

    I see I am blessed with the gift to write from my creativity. I certainly will be using it for published works. But I write so much, wanting to use the creativity and share it to others, it is seen in samples as well. I don't show any of it through this forum, but there are places with it...
  13. FredVB

    Beware of online ministries

    Ministries overall might lead some from reading the Bible themselves to learning what they will for their faith from those. These all we should beware of. Any others can give their distortions with what they teach, of biblical Christianity, even if there is what is biblical with it. We can error...
  14. FredVB

    What are these verses in Acts 15 talking about?

    Yes the ark of the covenant was captured, and it was to the Philistines' own disadvantage. So they had it brought by their milking cows to a village of Israelites, and it was taken to stay for years and years at another Israelite site, and David was rightfully having it brought to Jerusalem...
  15. FredVB

    I Samuel 3

    If you disagree with my assessment you could post a copy of it in response to me right in this thread, rather than have me go look for it. But a disagreement would have to come with some effective persuasion, to have me change my mind in any way, because I am quite sure of that assessment...
  16. FredVB

    What are these verses in Acts 15 talking about?

    Yes that was it. I had the idea there was the efforts to continue that, until the temple was finished to be in its place.
  17. FredVB

    Is Avoiding Sexual Sin Required for the Christian? Is it Possible to Avoid Sexual sin?

    I figure Colossians is meant. Acting on lust is really excluded. Anything based on lust must stop. Really, too many believers settle with engaging in gluttony, which is as much sin, which makes their belly their god. We need to look for God's will, and Yahweh is the real God. It is established...
  18. FredVB

    Apostles

    There were the twelve apostles over the church who originally were seated in Jerusalem, including Matthias who met the requirements for that. A few others were called apostles but were not in that same position, we know both Paul and Barnabas were called apostles. The twelve were over the...
  19. FredVB

    What are these verses in Acts 15 talking about?

    I didn't get that in my mind when I was reading it. There were walls of the tent that originally enclosed the place of the ark with the accompanying instruments. And then, for the time before Christ was to come, it was supposed to be thought of as the place where the presence of God could be...
  20. FredVB

    Is Avoiding Sexual Sin Required for the Christian? Is it Possible to Avoid Sexual sin?

    Of course if in your conscience it is sin then masturbating yourself is sin, for you. It would understandably be hard to give up, you say that you are married now, I might guess it could mean you may have enough relief with your spouse. What if your spouse is masturbating you, is that a sin in...