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Yes, Christian lives reflect the Light/Love of the Lord, as in this song: https://groovykerygma.bandcamp.com/track/spirit-of-the-lord :love:

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You are not aware of 1John 1:8-9?

The quest for greater Christian unity prompts me to identify Scripture from which my interpretations of God's Word regarding salvation spring, and my Top Ten foundational Scriptures in logical order are these: 1. Formerly/at first I was without hope of salvation from meaninglessness and...

I keep saying you should not divorce evangelism from morality because they parallel conversion and sanctification. Eph. 2:8-10 supports not divorcing either pair. Your straw horse claims: Paul does not tell the church to pursue governmental authority as a means of accomplishing them. The...

Beliefs matter more because they are prior to and motivate actions, By their fruit you shall know their heart.

Good points. Yes, some people pretend to walk by certainty, and other try to prove their faith. Atheists also walk by faith/doubt. The most anyone can have is confidence because of good reasons for belief.

I lean toward conception as the eventual goal but sentience as more immediately attainable. References to quickening imply sentience, which occurs about a month or two later than the onset of sentience. The beauty of sentience is that the rationale for choosing it is scientific and disallows...

Well, I am glad we agree on what we disagree about, and now that you shared your affirmation, I agree with that as saying what I have been affirming all along, except that you divorce the church's evangelistic mission from its moral mission, which is like divorcing conversion from...

So, do you think the church's mission should NOT include wielding power to promote morality? I understand you still do not discern that implication in Rom. 13:1-5. Then, you indicate agreement that godly/Christian government restrains evil/advances morality, which makes me understand one or...

My answer/proposal is that society should recognize civil rights at least when life becomes sentient. Your answer is that human life begins somewhere prior to birth. Which answer is better? I will let you go first, beginning with clarifying which threshold/inference you choose and why, since...

I think we differ regarding whose inference is supported by BOTH the actual Spirit AND text, so yes, we must test them, but I do not see that you have made a constructive suggestion or specific connection to test. Having Christian rulers merges government and moral doctrines as much as...

Questions do not need to be identical in order to be part of One Truth. The key question remains, "when do living human cells (which can clone babies) become more than mere tissue/acquire civil rights?" Human life began with A&E. Human society should protect legal rights when life become...

Okay, I will respond beginning where you differ: Apparently you conclude/infer that Christians are NOT "to use civil power to enforce specifically Christian moral conclusions on unbelievers". Just who do you suppose IS supposed to use civil power? Just WHAT morality do you infer is supposed...

But I have cited both Scripture and good reasons to believe civil rights begin at least by the time of quickening and sentience.

Again, you must ask the Holy Spirit to supply missing link sausage, if you think Rom. 13:1-5 is not sufficient inference. The burden is on you to figure it out how the text and Spirit are connected/joined, because I have already done so. Islam and the Inquisition were historic examples of how...

Do you believe Truth is One? If so, then do not divorce the carrot and stick. The same Jesus who suffered on the cross will return to consign unbelievers to hell. Your question is "why does Scripture not state everything explicitly so I won't need the Holy Spirit's guidance aka/via right...

Nice music; here are the lyrics: Sweet surrender on the quayside You remember we used to run and hide In the shadow of the cargoes I take you one time And we're counting all the numbers down to the waterline Near misses on the dog leap stairways French kisses in the darkened doorways A foghorn...

Do you understand the analogy of carrot and stick? Persuasion/heaven is the carrot; punishment/hell is the stick. Romans 13:1-5 marries the two. What God has joined together...

From c. 100-1000 AD it appears that God was allowing three main things to occur: 1. Most of the world remained ignorant of the OT-NT and were dependent on general revelation for salvation. 2. Much of the world was conquered by anti-Christian Muslims. 3. Much of Europe was converted to corrupt...