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1 Corinthians 12-14 are all about the gifts of the Spirit. Everybody has a gift or gifts related to their being/calling, though they often aren't revealed immediately. For example, it wasn't for many years into my walk that God revealed my identity of being a Prophet, but there was a period of...

Apparently real estate investing isn't your thing. For me it was the family business.

You all make me thankful for what I've got. I've never been prone to breakouts and I seem to be winkle-resistant but I get sunburned even by my laptop if I don't wear a good sunscreen. And my face easily gets reddened from exercise or emotions. And when I tried the acne stuff my sisters used...

That's good news since God told us: "Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?" (Hebrews 12:7) And "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that...

Thank you again for the kind words and truly helpful example for comparison. While I hope people on the other side hear it too, it does help me along that line of having a more full picture of my own worth. And yes, small world. If the YMCA is honest in their intention to practice Christian...

Ballet teacher.

I am looking for a flying, time-traveling De Loren. However I don't think I could afford even a non-flying, non-time-traveling, non-driving one, so there is that. I am always looking for a unicorn. I am looking for an orange kitten with a good personality that I can have final say on medical...

Oh yes, you couldn't have an NES without the Super Mario Bros series. Too bad they didn't have saving back then, though. We would try to leave ours on for hours not to loose our progress. Probably helped wear the thing out sooner.

Oh, yeah, we read that and made some in the 5th grade. It was fun.

Ocarina of time was the one I really loved, though I didn't get to play the one you describe. I played the ones on the first Nintendo too. Not as fancy but not as heavily steeped in paganism. I rather felt disappointed on one of the old ones, though, that you were supposed to go find out the...

God doesn't tell us to "go to church" but He does tell us not to forsake meeting together. This can be casual meeting up with friends that also follow Christ, but it is still important not to neglect.

1) Talk to God about everything. Tell him your joys and sorrows. Tell him jokes. When my dad was young he commented to God that he thought his co-worker had the car he would most like to drive out of all the cars on earth. The next day the co-worker offered it to him and for a price he could...

Oh boy, there are so many good ones. Board Game: Monopoly was my favorite as a kid. Too many to decide now but Scrabble is pretty high on the list. Card Game: Been playing a lot of Skip-Bo lately. Also noteworthy, I love the solitaire game my mom taught me she calls Michigan. No one else seems...

I grew up with the doctrine of clean and unclean meats. Therefore I couldn't in good conscious read Green Eggs and Ham as a kid. Dr. Seuss should have written Green Eggs and Turkey Ham for those of us who tried to keep kosher. For me it was Hop on Pop.

Does that make it the return of Christ?

No actually, I was writing to you on my phone at 2:00 a.m. and when I woke up and reread everything it became even more crystal clear how unconvincing your case was. You don't know the first thing about the culture of the day, nor understand that most people were illiterate (around 90% could...

Could I be mistaken on Peter's being illiterate? I'm open to the possibility though I don't feel like you make a sufficient case. It was common then to have scribes take dictation, and even the well-educated Paul seems to indicate as much going on in Galatians 6:11. Acts 4:13 specifically calls...

I know you are speaking to a specific, but actually God used both educated and uneducated people in different places. Peter was a fisherman. Paul was a student of the esteemed teacher Gamaliel and had quite a resume. Each had a different calling and place. Luke was a physician and produced quite...

I think correcting the young man was already stretching him. Correcting an elder is also a lot more complicated though the Bible does give us directions on it. As for the younger man, I think it had to be public because, right or wrong, he had been given a place of authority over the church...

How disappointing. It reminds me of a day my mom and I were visiting another church we kind of liked. They had a guest speaker, but before they could get started they had to take care of some in-house business. The main pastor publicly reprimanded and demoted one of the young, assistant pastors...