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One of my best friends attempted suicide earlier today and has been hospitalized. He has been struggling since his wife told him she wanted a divorce last week. He doesn't have much of a support system. I am just asking for prayer for his physical and emotional healing and that the Lord would do...

Last week a female friend of mine made a post on her Facebook page sharing she would be deleting some of her male friends now that she was in a dating relationship. She said it was out of respect for her new boyfriend. From what I had gathered by some of the comments that followed, some of her...

I was having breakfast with some friends this morning, and one of them voiced some frustration he was feeling in his marriage. His wife was upset, because she didn't think he spent enough time with her. Most of his time that is not spent with her is either because of work or ministry. I tried to...

My pastor said something Wednesday that has hung with me all week. We were in a Bible study, and he we were talking about some books that would be great for men in the church to read to help them grow. Our pastor pointed out that men don't read and thought it might be a wasted investment to buy...

I just started grad school, and our first task was to introduce ourselves by answering this question. I thought it was interesting and would make for a good thread: Imagine you are having a dinner party for 6 famous people (these need to be famous people who are still alive, not...

Really the thread title says it all, but I will expand a little just to ask this; can someone actively in the midst of drug addiction, not recovery, be a christian? If no, why not? If yes, how is that reconciled?

I have been working with a guy for awhile now, and he seems to be stuck in the same spot that he was three months ago. He is trying to not only grow in his faith, but he is trying to change things in his personal life. He wanted to start his own business, but he isn't getting the help he wants...

I was reading in the family and prayer request forums, and I began to wonder about something. If someone asks for prayer, and in the course of their prayer request, the person mentions a sin in their life. However, the person doesn't address it as a sin. Ex: A man asks for prayer because he and...

My mom shared with me that a family friend's 12 year old son in Tennessee was recently doused with gasoline by 3 other boys and set on fire. He survived, but you can imagine the damage. He had one surgery yesterday and has several ahead of him, along with a long road to recovery. His name is...

I have been reading a lot lately about people who were wanting divorces, and I began to wonder something based on them. Is there a time limit on using adultery as a reason for a biblical divorce? Let me explain. Picture a couple who get married and their first years are rocky and during the...

Okay, I think most people are familiar with the game, connect a given actor to Kevin Bacon within six connections through the movies they have been in together. Ex. Kevin Bacon & Andy Griffith Andy Griffith was in Waitress with Kerri Russell. Kerri Russell was in Mission Impossible 3 with Tom...

When someone tells you that their spouse/mate has cheated on them, had an affair, or committed adultery, I think most of us have a universally accepted idea of what that means. I mean there really isn't too much confusion about what they are talking about. In the last few years more people have...

One of the things I really feel strongly about is praying for people any time they ask, but here recently I started wondering about something. I keep a prayer list and as I was going through it, I noticed a similarity in most prayer requests. Most prayer requests I have written down, whether it...

I have been reading a lot of threads lately and noticed a trend in the ones that are about affairs that occur during marriage. I noticed some folks ALWAYS suggest divorce in the event of an affair. I know that divorce is an "out" that God has given if an affair happens, but just because it is...

Last night when I was reading the threads I came across a post that was not a generally held belief in most christian circles. It was what most here would have called a troll post. I will admit, my response was simply to tell the poster, "You would be wrong." The thread then began to spiral...

I heard a story today of a youth pastor who was leaving his church to start a new one. His wife had a little concern, because they have six kids all under the age of ten. Planting a new church meant they would have to probably rely on her income as a nurse for a good bit of time until there was...

I was having a discussion with my girlfriend last night and had asked her how a mutual friend was doing. She said the friend was fine, but seemed shocked that I was asking about him. Admittedly, I will ask her to check on how people are doing, because she is more of an extrovert and seems to be...

Obviously (hopefully), we all love Jesus more than anything, so I thought we could have fun with this: I love Jesus more than...Pipp loves baking cakes. I love Jesus more than...the ladies love Tintin's beard. I love Jesus more than...Shouryu loves Jem and the Holograms. Now include your...

Next year I turn 40 years old. Generally, I wouldn't consider that a big deal, because age is just a number as they say. However, as I have been on CC these past ten months, I have began to notice a line of demarcation that happens at age 40. Let me start by saying that I haven't seen this in...

Hey ya'll, I could use your help on a research project I am doing for one of my college classes. I would appreciate if some of you would take the time to answer this question for me, and if you want to expand on it and explain why you feel one predictor is more important than another, feel...