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A relative of mine recently recommended that I try fasting for a week. It had made her feel better in time past when she tried it. But though it may be good for some - probably it isn't good for others. Our bodies are all different. I have no tendencies for overweight, and am of normal...

Pastor Chuck Smith, now in heaven is one online pastor I've started listening to in hours after my bedtime each day. I notice he has often commented on how the church in the world is always more alive and spiritually powerful during times of hardship or persecution, as compared to times of...

It is clear in verse 12, that women were not to be allowed to preach publicly, in churches. But it is less clear what verse 11 means, as to the order for women to learn in silence in church. So since the Bible is not clear on that subject, I think women have to prayerfully decide that for...

I would guess this only means those that the church as a whole - provides for. The New Testament church was in the habit of providing for the poor among them. But I think - whenever possible, elderly parents were to be provided for by their own chlldren. And of course, it isn't reasonable...

Comment: I just now tried to learn more about Arius and his doctrines. It took a while to finally see that he didn't have an essentially correct understanding of the trinity of God. I read about Arius just now, in this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arius It was this paragraph...

HERE ARE SOME THINGS I'VE RECENTLY LEARNED IN GENESIS (through online preacher, Chuck Smith - I listen to online preachers like that (which preach through the Bible) several hours after my bedtime, each day. *He said Jacob was around 70 years of age, when he left home and ended up at Laban's...

IF ORDERED TO PICK UP A DEADLY SNAKE, SHOULD ONE COMPLY WITH THIS COMMAND? Mark 16:18 18.They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. KJV My comment: No, I don't believe so, judging by Jesus'...

WHAT DID JESUS MEAN BY HIS DEMONSTRATION OF THE BREAD AND WINE AT THE LAST SUPPER? Someone in the Bible quiz group in Facebook, "Bible Explorers" - asked, "What is holy communion? Should everyone partake of it?" My reply: Christians differ on the subject - I mean their understanding of...

A pastor in Youtube, that I listen to, said he wasn't sure whether God had indicated to Cain and Abel - what kind of sacrifice they were to offer Him. But I think it's most likely that God explained to them ahead of time just what they should sacrifice. I think it's very reasonable that...

I don't believe angels had fleshly bodies. They are only described as being spirits in the Bible. As such, they have been able to appear invisibly, to people. And sometimes looking like what they really look like - angels. Though sometimes, God has sent angels to mankind in visible...

HOW OLD IS THE EARTH? According to this site I looked up, the earth is about 6000 years old. But I'd like to figure out myself too - how to determine it's age by looking at genealogies in the Bible, and at any other information in the Bible there may be that can be used to determine the age...

My conscience would seriously bother me if I agreed to take a Covid vaccination, and so I would refuse to take it. Just like Jesus refused to jump off the temple, when the devil asked Him to do such a foolish thing! The Bible says we are not to disobey our consciences, and also that we are...

THE STORY OF MAN FROM THE BIBLE -- #3 (a copy of one of Dad's writings) First, my comments on what Dad (now in heaven, as of 2015) wrote here: I think his explanation sounds basically correct as to what it was like for Adam, when he began his life in the world. I can also agree that it sounds...

I will comment on what he wrote on this before posting his comments on this subject. I can agree with what he said on these points: *Jesus had to ascend back to heaven in order for the outpouring of the Spirit to occur *God speaks to us through His Spirit. *There aren't 3 Gods - rather...

I do not agree with all his views expressed in this writing, as the Bible says we are all sinners. And Romans shows how we must struggle regularly against sin. Rom 7:24-25 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our...

Dad's writing: A Second Look at God as El Shaddai Seeing God as El Shaddai, God Almighty, and knowing that He trains His people using tribulation, one may form an inaccurate picture of Him. His training is good. His children learn to endure hardship, which is sure to come, but El Shaddai is...

God determined to make man like Himself, “in His own image and likeness.” (Genesis 1:26-27) What would that likeness be? What could it be? God is an invisible spirit, and man has a very visible body of flesh and bones. It is hard to imagine that any similarity would be possible, but God can do...

1 Cor 8:1-2 8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. KJV As a Bible pastor I've listened to said, level of Bible...

I DON'T BELIEVE THE MILLENIUM WILL BE ON EARTH, BUT RATHER, UP IN HEAVEN Some Christians sincerely believe that Jesus will spend a millenium of years on earth together on earth. Though I respect their view, this is not how it looks to me in light of the scriptures on that subject, (I...

Some since Christians think they have the gift of speaking in tongues, just for their own benefit, as seems to have been the case with the apostle Paul. They don't expect all Christians to have that gift, and so do well in that way. I don't know if God still gives out that gift or not. But in...